The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



what we'll do again if she repeats that trick this 

 year." 



"What did you do, throw that egg out?" asked 

 Peter. 



"No," replied Sunshine. "Our nest was too 

 deep for us to get that egg out. We just made a 

 second bottom in our nest right over that egg and 

 built the sides of the nest a little higher. Then 

 we took good care that she didn't have a chance 

 to lay another egg in there." 



"Then you had a regular two-story nest, didn't 

 you?" cried Peter, opening his eyes very wide. 



Sunshine nodded. "Yes, sir," said he, "and 

 it was a mighty fine nest, if I do say it. If there's 

 anything Mrs. Sunshine and I pride ourselves on 

 it is our nest. There are no babies who have a 

 softer, cozier home than ours." 

 ; " What do you make your nest of ? " asked Peter. 



"Fine grasses and soft fibers from plants, some 

 hair when we can find it, and a few feathers. 

 But we always use a lot of that nice soft fern- 

 cotton. There is nothing softer or nicer that I 

 know of." 



All the time Peter had been admiring Sunshine 

 and thinking how wonderfully well he was named. 

 At first glance he seemed to be all yellow, as if 

 somehow he had managed to catch and hold the 

 sunshine in his feathers. There wasn't a white: 

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