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Towhee  n.  (Zool.) The chewink.





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"Towhee" Quotes from Famous Books



... steep sides of the first range of mountains were hard climbing, but it was necessary to make the effort in order to discover their avian resources. One of the first birds met with on these unpromising acclivities was the spurred towhee of the Rockies. In his attire he closely resembles the towhee, or "chewink," of the East, but has as an extra ornament a beautiful sprinkling of white on his back and wings, which makes him look as if he had thrown a gauzy mantle ...
— Birds of the Rockies • Leander Sylvester Keyser
 
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Words linked to "Towhee" :   chewink, green-tailed towhee, finch, Pipilo erythrophthalmus



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