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CITIZEN BIRD 



You will not be likely to hear these birds sing, though 

 they sometimes do so on their winter trips. Their usual 

 call-note is a wliistle which they give when flying. 



" Some day this winter when you are taking a walk 

 you may see them on the ground under chestnut and 

 beech trees, and in old pastures where tlie red sumach 

 berries are the only bright things left above the snow. 



You will think it 

 a very cheerful 

 sight — red birds 

 and red berries 

 together. You will 

 also have time to 

 take a good look 

 at them, for they 

 move slowly ; and 

 be glad to know 

 the names of your 

 friends who are 

 hardy enough to 

 brave the cold. 

 " Though this Grosbeak seems rather dull and stupid 

 out of doors, he is a charming cage pet, growing tame 

 and singing a delightful Avarbling song. I picked up 

 one with a broken wing when I Avas a boy, and kept him 

 for many years ; the hurt wing was soon healed, and 

 the bird was always tame and happy after that, though 

 he soon lost his briglit feathers. But I would never 

 advise any one to make a cage pet of a bird who has 

 been born wild and once known liberty. No matter 

 if he lives and tlirives : he will sometimes remember 

 the days when he was free, and l)e very sad." 



Pine Grosbeak. 



