CARDINAL GROSBEAK 



I OBSERVED this bird first at Harrow- 

 gate, Tennessee, in April, 1894, and be- 

 came very familiar with him in Augusta, 

 Georgia, in March, 1895, and in other 

 southern trips. But I had never seen him 

 in our northern regions till today, April 

 4, 1902. A female has been seen with 

 him by Emerson Turtle, but I saw only 

 the one bird, a male. He sang, and the 

 song impressed me as very varied; the 

 opening notes like a robin's warble, then 

 a few chords, a warble too, but with the 

 double sound which the veery has, only, of 

 course, bold and loud. His whistles always 

 have inflection in them. 



April 75, 1909. Saw and heard a male 

 cardinal at the Byron Smith's. He sang 

 frequently, a loud clear whistle. Mrs. 

 Burnap reported that she saw him yester- 

 day and two females were with him. 



June 5, 19 10. A cardinal woke me with 

 his loud sweet whistle this morning. 

 Never heard one on our place before. He 

 was in the maple by my window. He sang 

 several times. 



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