chewink

Across the fields in the early morning I hear some of the rare April birds,—the chewink and the brown thrasher.

It is no "chewink" at all, but almost as close a reproduction of a cat's mew as is the catbird's well-known call.

The Chewink (Fringilla erythrophthalma) is a very constant singer during four months of the year, from the middle of April.

Catch for your next prayer meeting talk a chewink or a brown thresher.