Three Cousins Quite Unlike 



mixed up with anybody else. I should know you 

 just as far as I could see you because of that black 

 mask across your face. Has Mrs. Yellow-throat 

 arrived yet?" 



/'Certainly," replied another voice, and Mrs. 

 Yellow-throat flitted across right in front of Peter. 

 For just a second she sat still, long enough for him 

 to have one good look at her. She was dressed 

 very like Mummer save that she did not wear the 

 black mask. 



Peter was just about to say something polite and 

 pleasant when from just back of him there sounded 

 a loud, very emphatic, "Chut! Chut!" Peter 

 whirled about to find another old friend. It was 

 Chut-Chut the Yellow-breasted Chat, the largest 

 of the Warbler family. He was so much bigger 

 than Mummer that it was hard to believe that 

 they were own cousins. But Peter knew they 

 were, and he also knew that he could never mistake 

 Chut-Chut for any other member of the family 

 because of his big size, which was that of some of 

 the members of the Sparrow family. His back was 

 a dark olive-green, but his throat and breast were a 

 beautiful bright yellow. There was a broad white 

 line above each eye and a little white line under- 

 neath. Below his breast he was all white. 



To have seen him you would have thought that 

 he suspected Peter might do him some harm. He 

 [1871 



