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Definition of Towhees
1. towhee [n] - See also: towhee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Towhees
Literary usage of Towhees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds of North America by Jim Roetzel (2007)
"Part of the sparrow family, Eastern towhees nest in low bushes or grasses from
New England to Virginia and the Midwest. ..."
2. The Condor by Cooper Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Club (1899)
"Having freed the premises from the cats by late spring, the Oregon towhees began
to build more on the ground, also the California Partridges commenced to ..."
3. Sketches of Some Common Birds by Perley Milton Silloway (1897)
"After the nesting season the towhees become shyer and less musical than during
the preceding weeks. They resort in families to the high weeds and bushes ..."
4. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1899)
"If it were not for our door and window screens the towhees would occupy our homes
... One pair of towhees chose the fur from a buffalo skin hung out on the ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Green- tailed towhees were common on Mount Pinos in much the same surroundings
as chosen by the Stephens Fox Sparrow ; but the former were noted a little ..."
6. Stories of Our Western Birds by Elizabeth Grinnell, Joseph Grinnell (1903)
"We catch the towhees playing with the white rags we place in sheltered nooks for
them, ... towhees from all around made nests that belonged to us. ..."
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