. American ornithology for the home and school . latter has been replaced with brown. The youngbirds and the adults in winter have white irides. WHITE^EYED TOWHEE, A. O. U. No. 587a. (P e alleni.) Very similar to the northern Towhee. Less white on the wings andtail and the eye is always white. Also averages a trifle smaller. Aresident of Florida and found on the south Atlantfc coast to South Car-olina. NEST AND EGGS. The Towhee nearly always builds its nest on the ground, placing itunder the shade of some bush. It is made of leaves, grasses, bark, andlined with fine rootlets. Occasionally a ne
. American ornithology for the home and school . latter has been replaced with brown. The youngbirds and the adults in winter have white irides. WHITE^EYED TOWHEE, A. O. U. No. 587a. (P e alleni.) Very similar to the northern Towhee. Less white on the wings andtail and the eye is always white. Also averages a trifle smaller. Aresident of Florida and found on the south Atlantfc coast to South Car-olina. NEST AND EGGS. The Towhee nearly always builds its nest on the ground, placing itunder the shade of some bush. It is made of leaves, grasses, bark, andlined with fine rootlets. Occasionally a nest of this species will befound placed in a bush, but in this case it is due to some eccentricityof the bird and is a rare occurance. Side hills and valleys covered witha small growth of trees seem to be the most favored localities in whichto find their nests. Their set is completed the latter part of May andconsists of three or four white eggs with a pinkish tint. These arevery finely specked over the whole surface with reddish brown Towhee, Chewink, or Ground Robin are the names generally appliedto this bunting. The first two names are the ones chosen by himselfas he frequently repeats them, while the latter oneis given because ofthe Robin color on his sides and because he is a ground bird. These are one of the most common most inquisitive and noisiest ofour birds throughout the summer. As long as you are in the woodedsection they will follow you about, now scolding and now treating youto their peculiar but pleasing song. It has always seemed to me thattheir note sounds a great deal more like Cherink than the Chewink AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 215 by which they are called. They are very industrious birds and whennot either singing, scolding or engaged in the incubating of their eggsthey are sure to be heard scratching away in the leaves as though theirlives depended on the speed with which they could turn them over. They dislike very much to be disturbed when they are b
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