Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

trunk, upon reaching which they started at once to climb. While lying here, rendered lazy by the cooling breeze, I became much interested in watching a pair of chewinks, who gave me a equal, if not more than, thourough examination. All the while that I lay there the female, and occasionally the male kept snooping around trying to ascertain perhaps why I was there. Several times the female flew to the ground quite close to me and I had a chance to examine her. Her back, wings, upper part of tail, head and upper chest are all a dark yellowish brown; Breast white sides under wings a dull reddish color. Male is colored much the same, except the brown is replaced by black and the red is much more intensified. And it was while watching her that I was disillusioned concerning the call which gives the birds their name. It is the female which says chewink!  While hitherto I always attributed it to the male. The latter’s call is somewhat the same, but more liquid and less defined.

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