The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



had your nest in one, the same as your cousin 

 Sprite." 



Fidget laughed right out. "I'm afraid you 

 would have a worse crick in the back of your neck 

 than you've got now before ever you found my 

 nest in a bunch of moss," said he. "Moss may 

 suit my cousin Sprite, but it doesn't suit me at all. 

 Besides, I don't like those dark places where the 

 moss grows on the trees. I build my nest of 

 twigs and grass and weed-stalks and I line it with 

 hair and rootlets and feathers. Sometimes I 

 bind it together with spider silk, and if you really 

 want to know, I like a little hemlock-tree to put 

 it in. It isn't very far from here, but where it is 

 I'm not going to tell you. Have you seen my 

 cousin, Weechi?" 



"No," replied Peter. "Is he anywhere around 

 here?" 



"Right here," replied another voice and Weechi 

 the Magnolia Warbler dropped down on the ground 

 for just a second right in front of Peter. 



The top of his head and the back of his neck were 

 gray. Above his eye was a white stripe and his 

 cheeks were black. His throat was clear yellow, 

 just below which was a black band. From this 

 black streaks ran down across his yellow breast. 

 At the root of his tail he was yellow. His tail 

 was mostly black on top and white underneath. 

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