Finches. 173 



now and then. The latter, however, he rarely touched, 

 so I gave him some cooked beef or mutton, chopped 

 up very finely, and this he enjoyed exceedingly. Every 

 now and then he would eat a piece of hard-boiled egg : 

 he did not care much about this, but considered him- 

 self exceedingly ill used if I did not give him some 

 meat every other day or so. Sometimes he would 

 wash away all the water in his glass, but he would not 

 go into a bath. Like the Virginian Nightingales, these 

 birds must have a very large cage. They are hardy, 

 and do well in aviaries, but are said to be dangerous 

 to smaller and weaker birds, especially during the 

 nesting season. Their nests resemble those of the 

 Virginians. 



The RED-HEADED CARDINAL (Paroaria larvatd) is 

 called by bird-dealers " the Pope." I believe it is very 

 like the Red-crested Cardinal, but without the crest. 

 These two birds are described by Buffon as the 

 "Paroare" and "Paroare huppe," and he says this 

 name was derived from the native Brazilian name, tije 

 guacu paroara. He also calls the Red-headed Cardinal 

 the "Dominican Cardinal." The bird called by 

 Bechstein the Cardinal Domenicain of Buffon (the 

 Dominican Grosbeak) does not answer to Buffon's 

 description of this bird, as it has no red head : it may 

 be treated in every respect like the Cardinal with a 

 red crest, and so may the Black-crested or Green 

 Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristatella), a very handsome 



