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. 21 

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



11 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. 21 



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. 2 



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. 18 



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