66 INSESSOREB 
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 TANAGER. 
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 “Jaks and Hickory. Clus- 
sering 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 
