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high up from the ground and those leaves are so 

 thick that they hide it. It's a regular little basket 

 fastened in a fork near the end of a branch and it 

 is woven almost as nicely as is the nest of Goldy 

 the Oriole. How anybody has the patience to 

 weave a nest like that is beyond me." 



"What's it made of?" asked Peter. 



"Strips of bark, plant down, spider's web, grass, 

 and pieces of paper!" replied Jenny. "That's a 

 funny thing about Redeye ; he dearly loves a piece 

 of paper in his nest. What for, I can't imagine. 

 He's as fussy about having a scrap of paper as 

 Cresty the Flycatcher is about having a piece of 

 Snakeskin. I had just a peep into that nest a few 

 days ago and unless I am greatly mistaken Sally Sly 

 the Cowbird has managed to impose on the Red- 

 eyes. I am certain I saw one of her eggs in that 

 nest." 



A few mornings after this talk with Jenny Wren 

 about Redeye the Vireo Peter once more visited 

 the Old Orchard. No sooner did he come in sight 

 than Jenny Wren's tongue began to fly. "What 

 did I tell you, Peter Rabbit? What did I tell 

 you ? I knew it was so, and it is !" cried Jenny. 



"What is so ? " asked Peter rather testily, for he 

 hadn't the least idea what Jenny Wren was talking 

 about. 



"Sally Sly did lay an egg in Redeye's nest, and 

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