The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



and give Mrs.] Wood Thrush a chance to get 

 hers." 



1 So Peter continued on his way to the dear Old 

 Briar-patch and there he spent the day. As eve- 

 ning approached he decided to go back to hear 

 Melody sing again. Just as he drew near the Green 

 Forest he heard from the direction of the Laughing 

 Brook a song that caused him to change his mind 

 and sent him hurrying in that direction. It was a 

 very different song from that of Melody the Wood 

 Thrush, yet, if he had never heard it before, Peter 

 would have known that such a song could come 

 from no throat except that of a member of the 

 Thrush family. As he drew near the Laughing 

 Brook the beautiful notes seemed to ring through 

 the Green Forest like a bell. As Melody's song 

 had filled Peter with a feeling of peace, so this song 

 stirred in him a feeling of the wonderful mystery 

 of life. There was in it the very spirit of the Green 

 Forest. 



It didn't take Peter long to find the singer. It 

 was Veery, who has been named Wilson's Thrush, 

 and by some folks is known as the Tawny Thrush. 



At the sound of the patter of Peter's feet the song 

 stopped abruptly and he was greeted with a whistled 

 "Wheeu! wheeu !" Then, seeing that it was no 

 one of whom he need be afraid, Veery came out 

 from under some ferns to greet Peter. He was 

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