chewink

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.

Birds of the Rockies 1896

In his attire he closely resembles the towhee, or "chewink," of the East, but has as an extra ornament a beautiful sprinkling of white on his back and wings, which makes him look as if he had thrown a gauzy mantle of silver over his shoulders.

Birds of the Rockies 1896

On the third or fourth of May I saw a loon in the pond, and during the first week of the month I heard the whip-poor-will, the brown thrasher, the veery, the wood pewee, the chewink, and other birds.

Walden 2004

His habit is continued in the spring by the towhee, or chewink, who uses the same methods, throwing both feet backward simultaneously.

The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919

From -- -- one could not see where, came a vireo, and almost at the same time a chewink had something to say.

The Harvester 1911

The chewink in his harlequin suit of black, white, and chestnut varies his sharp and cheerful "Chewink" with a musical little strain, "Do-fah, fah-fah-fah-fah," and one of the white-throated sparrows now and then stops feeding and flies up to a hazel twig to give his sweet and plaintive little "pea-a-body, peabody, peabody."

Some Spring Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905

That is why the chewink sings so happily from dawn till dark.

Some Summer Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905

Her eyes missed nothing; her dainty close-set ears heard all -- the short, dry note of a chewink, the sweet, wholesome song of the cardinal, the thrilling cries of native jays and woodpeckers, the heavenly outpoured melody of the Florida wren, perched on some tiptop stem, throat swelling under the long, delicate, upturned bill.

The Firing Line 1899

My notes say that it is "a cross between the song of the chewink and that of dickcissel," and I shall stand by that assertion until I find good reason to disown it -- should that time ever come.

Birds of the Rockies 1896

Some crows followed the workers at a distance, hunting for grains of corn, and over in the woods, a chewink scratched and rustled among the deep leaves as it searched for grubs.

At the Foot of the Rainbow Gene Stratton-Porter 1893