[Citizen Bird by Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues]@TWC D-Link book
Citizen Bird

CHAPTER XXI
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An officer in the guild of Sky Sweepers, who shoots through the air in the shape of a bow and arrow.
"Come softly," said the Doctor, returning to the roadside; "I have found the Pewee's nest; it is quite new, and has no eggs in it as yet.

This way--up along this ledge of rocks, and you can almost look into it." They moved quietly over the rocks until they reached a pepperidge tree, when the Doctor motioned them to stop and pointed to one of its branches which stretched over the rock.

There was a flat nest with an evenly rounded edge, all covered with lichen scales outside.
"It is just like a Hummingbird's nest," whispered Nat.
"Only flatter, more like a saucer than a cup," said Rap.

"Is it made of plant-down, too ?" "No--of fine grasses, rootlets, and bits of bark," said the Doctor; "and in a few days it will hold three or four creamy-white eggs, prettily wreathed around one end with dark-brown spots." "Pewee, pewee, pe-e-er!" cried the nest owner very sadly.
"We are going home, so you needn't worry, dear," said Dodo.
"Good-night.".


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