. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. THE BIRD BOOK. leaves wink" sweet .)87'i- 587. TowiiEE. Pijiilo erf/lhroithlhulmUM i-rtilhrophlhalmui. KaiiKe. -Nortli America east of Uw Plains. hreedlnK from the Gulf to Manitoba. The well known Towhee, Qround Robin or Chcwink iH a bird commonly met with In east- ern United SUtes; it frequents thickets, swamps and open woods where they nest sen- erally upon the ground and sometimes in bushes near the
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. THE BIRD BOOK. leaves wink" sweet .)87'i- 587. TowiiEE. Pijiilo erf/lhroithlhulmUM i-rtilhrophlhalmui. KaiiKe. -Nortli America east of Uw Plains. hreedlnK from the Gulf to Manitoba. The well known Towhee, Qround Robin or Chcwink iH a bird commonly met with In east- ern United SUtes; it frequents thickets, swamps and open woods where they nest sen- erally upon the ground and sometimes in bushes near the ground. The nests are well made of grasses, lined with fine grasses and rootlets, and llie eggs, which are laid In May or June, are pinkisli wliite, generally llnely sprinkled hut sometimes with hold markings of light reddish t)rown. with great variations. Size .90 x .70. Towhees are noisy birds and at frequent Inter- vals, while they are scratching among the for their food they will ^lop and utter their fs'i'l'tar't""''«?""', "Tof.: ai^d then again will mount to the summit of a tree or hush and sing their refrain for a long time. he nests are well I'lirpllsh wliif or I'liiw ill k WlliTK. KVKi. 'l"<iwilKK- I'tffilo rr^throphlhiilmun iilliiii. HMniif norldu i»nd tlie .\lliiiiiiâ¢Â«*» «" South Carolina. , .. , . , . ^, I VarielTis like the pre. eding exce^ th«t the eyes are white In-^tead of r«r TWe is difference between their nesting h«hlts and eggs, except that Xy ,1^ more trHquTntly. and in some l*aUitle,. alios. .!*»«. nest in trees. .\ncni 'I'oWllKK I'Inilo iiiariih lUM ariluiis. .â .«H. llange. (ireat Plains, uorthern United «a*e« t» the a«*at '"ThTs""species Is similar to the .astern Tow hut Im. 'h. Mapul«-s Md coverts tipped with white. They nest ahundantly in suit able localities in Montana and North Dakota ami more com monly north of our lioiders. L
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