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The first is the more rarely seen of the two, being a bird of the deep forest, and shunning observation by hiding himself in the most obscure parts of the wood. In general appearance, and in the color of his plumage, he bears a resemblance to the Ground-Robin, though not more than half his size. He lives entirely on insects, catching them while they are flying in the air.
And penetrating to some yet lonelier place, we find it consecrated to that life-long sorrow, whatever it may be, which is made immortal in the plaintive cadence of the Pewee. There is one favorite bird, the Chewink, or Ground-Robin, which, I always fancied, must have been known to Keats when he wrote those few words of perfect descriptiveness,
While listening to the notes of the Wood-Sparrow, we are continually saluted by the agreeable, though less musical song of the Chewink, or Ground-Robin, a bird that frequents similar places. This is a very beautiful bird, elegantly spotted with white, red, and black, the female being of a bright bay color where the male is red.
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