40 THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



mocking in tone. 



They feed principally on insects and berries, preferring 

 large black beetles and whortleberries. 



Chebec. See Least Flycatcher. 

 Cherry-bird, See Cedarbird. 



Cheivink, Towhee^ Joree, Ground Robin^ or 

 Swamp Robin. — Length, from seven to nine inches; ex- 

 tent, from ten to twelve inches; bill, half an inch; head, 

 back and breast, black; belly, white; sides, bright bay; 

 tail, black, tipped with white; wings, black, with one or 

 two white spots; legs and feet, dirty flesh. The female 

 has the upper part and breast grayish brown. 



The nest is a large and substantial structure, built on 

 the ground and sometimes half way into it, and well-hid- 

 den under brush; it is frequently found in a thicket of 

 briars. It is built of leaves and bark and lined with fine 

 grasses. The eggs are four or five in number, white in color 

 with fine brown spots, and one inch by seven-tenths of an 

 inch in size. There are generally two broods a year. 



The birds breed from the Southern States northward to 

 British America and spend the winter in the south from 

 Virginia to Florida. They frequent principally the dry 

 uplands and pine barrens. They arrive in New Jersey 

 about the middle of April and leave about the middle of 

 October. 



Their call cry is Cliewink or Tohee, and Ernest Thomp- 

 son has hkened their song to Chuclc-hurr-piU-a-ivill-a- 

 will-a. 



The birds are very industrious in hunting insects, worms 

 and larvae, and in the fall feed on berries and hard seeds. 



Chickadee^ Blfich-cappcd^ or Titmouse. — Length, 

 five and a half inches; extent, six and a half inches; 

 bill, two-fifths of an inch; head, black; back, lead- 

 colored; breast, belly and sides, grayish white; tail and 



