WOODLAND BIRDS. 



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No. 66, 



Chewink. TOWHEE. 



Genus: Pipilo. 



Species: P. erythrophthalmus. 



Distribution : 



A summer resident of southern New England, rare farther 

 north. Two records of wintering. 



Date of Arrival: 

 First of May. 



Date of Departure: 

 First of October. 



General Plumage: 



Male, black wings marked with chestnut and white; lower 

 breast and belly white^ flanks and under tail coverts chestnut, 

 three outer tail feathers white marked ; female, black m male 

 replaced by brown. Bill and feet dark. Length about 8.50, 



Song and Other Notes: 



A plain song and chewink, 

 chuck. 



•to-whee, ' ^ a broken whistle and a 



Haunts: 



Underbrush, woodland and pine slopes. 



