A MERRY PIPER. 



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Cardinal grossbeak. 



to rear another brood. Perhaps some enterpris- 

 ing bird student will some day be able to settle 

 that point, and thus add something new to our 

 knowledge of birds. 



Thus it will be seen that the cardinals are 

 quite widely distributed. They are also to be 

 found in Florida, for a friend told *me of their 

 presence there, and, besides, Bradford Torrey 

 in his pleasant book, A Florida Sketchbook, 



