The Warblers Arrive 



feather on him. When he came very close Peter 

 could see that on his breast and underneath were 

 little streaks of reddish-brown and his wings and 

 tail were a little blackish. Otherwise he was all 

 yellow. 



Presently he was joined by Mrs. Sunshine. She 

 was not such a bright yellow as was Sunshine, 

 having an olive-green tint on her back. But 

 underneath she was almost clear yellow without 

 the reddish-brown streaks. She too was glad to 

 see Peter, but couldn't stop to gossip, for already, 

 as she informed Sunshine, she had found just the 

 place for their nest. Of course Peter begged to 

 be told where it was. But the two little folks in 

 yellow snapped their bright eyes at him and told 

 him that that was their secret and they didn't 

 propose to tell a living soul. 



Perhaps if Peter had not been so curious and 

 eager to get acquainted with other members of 

 the Warbler family he would have stayed and done 

 a little spying. As it was, he promised himself 

 to come back to look for that nest after it had 

 been built ; then he scurried back among the trees 

 of the Old Orchard to look for other friends among 

 the busy little Warblers who were making the 

 Old Orchard such a lively place that morning. 



"There's one thing about it," cried Peter. 

 " Any one can tell Zee Zee the Redstart by his 

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