Chewink. Towhee. Ground Robin 



all passers with a brisk inquiring chewink, towhee, and if 

 you pause to reply, with a fluff-fluff of his short, rounded 

 wings he flies to a near-by limb to better inspect you. 



Chapman. Handbook of Birds.^^ 



Song: Whip your chr-r-r-r-r. Thoreau. 



''Drink your te-he-he-he-he. " 

 ''If you pl-e-a-se.'' 



CHICKADEE. BLACK-CAPPED TITMOUSE 



What a blessing it would be if every one spoke his name 

 as plainly as does this animated bunch of black and white 

 feathers ! 



Chapman. Handbook of Birds.^^ 



When you hear it, if you look carefully over the trees 

 you will see a fluffy little body dressed out in a black hood 

 whose sombre tone is relieved by whitish side pieces, a 

 vest to match the sides of the hood, and a dark gray coat 

 for contrast. 



Florence A. Merriam. Birds Through an Opera Glass.^ 



Who can help loving a bird so courageous, "so frolic, 

 stout, and self-possest " ? Emerson did well to call him 

 a scrap of valor. 



ToRREY. Every Day Birds.-^^ 



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