90 THE SECOND BOOK OF BIRDS 
who live near, for they sing all winter, when few 
bird-notes are to be heard. They can stay be- 
cause they are seed eaters, and they find many 
weed seeds, and wild berries like cedar berries, 
that stay on all winter. 
A lady once had a cardinal in a cage with a 
pair of the tiny green parrots called love-birds. 
These little birds, you know, are always putting 
the bills together and caressing each other, as if 
kissing. The cardinal seemed to think this very 
silly ; at any rate, he did not like it. After look- 
ing on awhile, he would lose patience and dash 
right down between them. Of course this drove 
them apart. Then he seemed to feel better, and 
went back to his perch. But when they began 
it again, down he would come between them 
again. He did not disturb them at any other 
time, but that sort of thing he plainly could n’t 
endure. 
