THE TOWHEE OR CHEWINK 

 CALLED ALSO GROUND ROBIN AND CHAREE 



Finch Family — Fringillidce 



Length: About 8|(. inches; smaller than the robin and larger 

 than the oriole. 



General Appearance: A black bird with reddish-browa sides, 

 black breast, and white belly; outer tail-feathers 

 tipped with white. 



Male: Head, back, throat, and breast, a glossy black; wings 

 black, outer feathers edged with white; tail black, 

 outer edge of outer feather white; three other feath- 

 ers partly white, decreasing in size toward middle of 

 tail; belly white; eyes dark red. 



Female: Brownish, where male is black. The young are 

 streaked with black. 



Call-note: A cheerful cha-ree, uttered with a rising inflection. 

 The note is also interpreted as tow hee'? chewink'? 

 jaree'? An engaging trait of this bird is his al- 

 most invariable response to one imitating his note. 



Song: Two notes, followed by a trill. The song may be trans- 

 lated into chip-chur, pussy- pussy-willow . 



Habitat: Woodlands, where he is first found in April scratch- 

 ing among old leaves like fox sparrows, white- 

 throats, and other members of his family. 



Range: Eastern North Am.erica. Breeds from southern Can- 

 ada and Maine to central Kansas and northern 

 Georgia; winters from southeastern Nebraska, the 

 Ohio and Potomac Valleys to central Texas, the 

 Gulf Coast, and southern Florida. 



The WHITE-EYED TOWHEE is found on the Atlantic 

 Coast region from about Charleston, South Carolina, 



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