The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



and I hope he won't, because if he does it will make 

 it just that much harder for me to catch enough 

 to feed my big family. Probably he and Mrs. 

 Redstart will make their home on the edge of the 

 Green Forest. They like it better over there, for 

 which I am thankful. There's Mrs. Redstart now. 

 Just notice that where Zee Zee is bright orange- 

 red she is yellow, and instead of a black head 

 she has a gray head and her back is olive-green 

 with a grayish tinge. She isn't nearly as handsome 

 as Zee Zee, but then, that's not to be expected. 

 She lets Zee Zee do the singing and the showing off 

 and she does the work. I expect she'll build that 

 nest with almost no help at all from him. But 

 Zee Zee is a good father, I'll say that much 

 for him. He'll do his share in feeding their 

 babies." 



Just then Peter caught sight of a bird all in 

 yellow. He was about the same size as Zee Zee 

 and was flitting about among the bushes along the 

 old stone wall. "There's Sunshine!" cried Peter, 

 and without being polite enough to even bid Jenny 

 Wren farewell, he scampered over to where he 

 could see the one he called Sunshine flitting about 

 from bush to bush. 



"Oh, Sunshine!" he cried, as he came within 

 speaking distance, "I'm ever and ever so glad to 

 see you back. I do hope you and Mrs. Sunshine 

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