The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



near its end and a white tip. His wings were 

 slaty-blue with little bars of black, the longest 

 feathers having white bars. Underneath he was 

 a beautiful buff, spotted with black. His head 

 was bluish with a reddish patch right on top. 

 Before and behind each ear was a black mark. 

 His rather short bill, like the bills of all the rest 

 of his family, was hooked. 



As Peter sat there admiring Killy, for he was 

 handsome enough for any one to admire, he 

 noticed for the first time a hole high up in the 

 trunk of the tree, such a hole as Yellow Wing the 

 Flicker might have made and probably did make. 

 Right away Peter remembered what Jenny Wren 

 had told him about Killy's making his nest in 

 just such a hole. "I wonder," thought Peter, 

 "if that is Killy's home." 



Just then Killy flew over and dropped in the 

 grass just in front of Peter, where he caught 

 another fat grasshopper. "Is that your home 

 up there?" asked Peter hastily. 



"It certainly is, Peter," replied Killy. "This 

 is the third summer Mrs. Killy and I have had 

 our home there." 



"You seem to be very fond of grasshoppers," 

 Peter ventured. 



"I am," replied Killy. "They are very fine 

 eating when one can get enough of them." 

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