ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, WITH llXAMPLES 



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The Chewink 



1 bird with which I am familiar heralds the com- 

 ing morning with sweeter notes than the che- 

 wink. It runs, as Chapman expresses it, "Sweet 

 bird, sing," which is frequently repeated with 

 short intervals between. He is the cheeriest bird on the 

 premises, singing fully as contentedly before the coming of 

 the storms as in bright sunshine. Now, while the sky is 

 fully overcast with clouds (on July twenty-ninth) and the 

 wind of considerable velocity blows off the lake, one still 

 hears him singing in the sumachs. Almost any time of 

 the day one may find him in the beech woods, and here I 

 have often surprised him in his favorite occupation of 

 scratching over the dried leaves of the forest bed. In the 

 next moment he is likely to be found in the open, within 

 sight of some thicket. 



