. Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . glike the word chewink, pronounced with a rising may be seen in the thickets or scrubby woods or in brushheaps, ever alert and on the move, jumping from twig to twig,or scratching vigorously among the dead leaves, creating as muchbustle and disturbance as would a barn-yard hen. Their nest isso arranged that it is exceedingly difficult to find, the materialsused in its construction corresponding both in colour an
. Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . glike the word chewink, pronounced with a rising may be seen in the thickets or scrubby woods or in brushheaps, ever alert and on the move, jumping from twig to twig,or scratching vigorously among the dead leaves, creating as muchbustle and disturbance as would a barn-yard hen. Their nest isso arranged that it is exceedingly difficult to find, the materialsused in its construction corresponding both in colour and texturewith the immediate surroundings. When near their home thebirds are silent, unless you happen to find and disturb the nest,when both male and female join together in making the mostpiteous cries. The eggs are laid about the second week in May;probably but one brood is reared. Chewinks are also known asGround Robins and Jorees. 587a. White-eyed Chewink: P. e. alleni Coues Breeding Range—Florida and southeastern part of South Carolina. The White-eyed Towhee differs from the northern bird inbeing somewhat smaller, in having only two instead of three of 64. NEST OF THE. WORM-tA MIJj /» AHbLtH li J A BANK Open Nests in Woods, Thickets, Swampy Thickets the tail feathers tipped with white, and in having, as, the nameindicates, the iris of the eye nearly white. Length— In most respects the habits of these two birds are very simi-lar ; the nest of the white-eyed is perhaps more frequently built inbushes, and pine needles, in addition to the other materials, areused in its construction. The eggs are bluish white, unmarked,or thickly speckled with pinkish-vinaceous and pearl gray(Davie). 636. Black and White Warbler or Creeper: Mniotiltavaria (Linn.) Adult $ —Streaked all over with black and white, except middleof belly, which is white. Adult $ —Very similar, but with almost imperceptible brownishtinge. Length—=,.30. Breeding Range—Eastern States, from Virginia a
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