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It is not a bird that skulks and hides, like the cat-bird, the brown-thrasher, the chat, or the cheewink, and its nest is not concealed with the same art as theirs.

—Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers

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the common rufous-sided towhee of eastern North America, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.

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common towhee of eastern North America

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It is not a bird that skulks and hides, like the cat-bird, the brown-thrasher, the chat, or the cheewink, and its nest is not concealed with the same art as theirs. — Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers

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