66 INSESSORE8 



CHAPTER IV. 



INSESSORES: PASSERES OSCINES. 



A STROLL INTO THE WOODS OF CAROLINA MOCKING BIRD 



WOOD ROBIN CAT-BIRD ROBIN GOLDEN-CROWNED 



THRUSH BROWN THRUSH FINCHES SNOW BUNTING 



SONG SPARROW INDIGO BIRD NONPAREIL HOUSE FINCH 

 CROSSBILL CARDINAL GROSBEAK BLUE GROSBEAK 

 SCARLET TANAQER. 



WE will now take a stroll into the woods of Caro- 

 lina, and see if there is anything among the feathered 

 inhabitants of the South that is peculiarly attractive 

 and worthy of attention. The lofty branches of the 

 Long Leaved Pines are waving majestically over our 

 heads, their fine and beautiful foliage being here and 

 there varied by a clump of ')aks and Hickory. Clus- 

 :ering vines of many sorts are twining themselves 

 around the giant stems, wreathing the branches with 

 festoons of gay-colored flowers, and mingling their 

 fragrance with the sweet bloom of many a flowering 

 shrub. The air is soft and balmy, and possessed of 

 a peculiar freshness which is characteristic of a pine 

 forest. Nature here seems to have profusely spread 

 her charms on every side, pointing us at each step to 

 some new object of admiration. The mellow whistle 

 of the Red Bird is heard overhead, together with the 

 call of the Jay, the soft warbling of the Vireos, the 



