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The Towhe Bunting makes its appearance among us in the lat- 

 ter part of April. It generally keeps in pairs, and at this 

 season frequents the shady part of the woods, forming its nest on 

 the ground, among the dried leaves. The eggs, from four to five 

 in number, are pale flesh-color, spotted with reddish-brown. 



During the warmest part of the summer its song ceases, and it 

 retires to the sheltered thickets. In the month of September, its 

 loud note, resembling the syllables " Tow-he," is again heard in 

 the woods, where it continues until about the middle of October, 

 when it migrates to a more temperate climate. In the early part of 

 February I found it abundant in Louisiana. 



The Towhe Bunting passes a large portion of its time on the 

 ground, scratching among the leaves, [much in the manner of the 

 barn-yard fowl,] for seeds and gravel. When not thus employed, 

 it is seen on the lower branches, spreading and erecting its tail, or 

 sporting about from tree to tree, in company with its mate, 

 seemingly so much attached to each other, that when accident be- 

 fals either, the survivor evinces its unhappiness by causing the 

 woods to echo with its loud note, repeated in a wild and 

 hurried manner. 



