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so tender, that it is unable to endure the 

 slightest cold. 



CHAPTER II. 



PAINTED BUNTING, OR NONPAREIL. Frin- 

 gilla ciris. 



This brilliant and beautiful bird is a 

 native of the southern portion of the 

 United States, never visiting further north 

 than the Carolinas. He is usually styled 

 by the French residents of Lousiana, the 

 "Pape;" and by the rest of our country- 

 men, the Nonpareil, no other word convey- 

 ing a description of his exquisite beauty. 



His song, though not so loud as the 

 Indigo-bird's, and more concise, still runs 

 into a delightful warble, which is continued 

 all summer. He is extremely docile, will 

 readily breed in confinement, and would 



