. A first book upon the birds of Oregon & Washington; a pocket guide and pupil's assistant in a study of the more common land birds and a few of the shore and water birds of these states . e spring, having 6o Birds of Oreg07i and Washington already pre-empted for its own use every bird-house built for Bluebirds, Swallows and Wrens,and forcing its nest into every covert, nook andcorner about buildings. Particular Description.—Male: Ashy above, withblack and chestnut stripes on back and shoulders;wings, chestnut, with white bars bordered by black line;gray crown; middle of the throat and breast,
. A first book upon the birds of Oregon & Washington; a pocket guide and pupil's assistant in a study of the more common land birds and a few of the shore and water birds of these states . e spring, having 6o Birds of Oreg07i and Washington already pre-empted for its own use every bird-house built for Bluebirds, Swallows and Wrens,and forcing its nest into every covert, nook andcorner about buildings. Particular Description.—Male: Ashy above, withblack and chestnut stripes on back and shoulders;wings, chestnut, with white bars bordered by black line;gray crown; middle of the throat and breast, black;abdomen, grayish-white. Female : Paler ; wing-bars, indistinct; no black onthroat and breast. Permanent resident, wherever found. THE OREGON TOWHEE, OR CHEWINK. General Description : Round body ; large black head ; sides of breast, , 8 in bushes, and often upon the ground scratch-ing in the leaves. The boys hereabouts know this particular kindof bird as the Catbird, because it has analarm-cry very much resembling a cat, but notso distinctly resembling this animal as the* Catbird proper of the Eastern States. The names Towhee and Chewink are. Towhee, or Chewink. Birds of Oregon and Washington 61 given the common eastern variety of this spe-cies because his usual happy call seems to soundlike one of these words. If the family were tobe named from the characteristic call of theOregon variety, it would not receive its presentdesignation. The Towhee is sometimes called the GroundRobin, because the sides of his breast so closelyresemble the Robins breast in color, and be-cause he so persistently digs and delves underthe leaves and about the roots of bushes for thegrubs which are his principal food. He is a very individual bird, and often seemsto go tumbling rather than hopping about in thebushes, hiding in the deepest thickets from yoursight, but always keeping you within his ownvision. His song is given from the highest bush inthe clump, or
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