PART III. 



CARDINAL-BIRDS. Cardinalis. 



CHAPTER I. 



CARDINAL GROSBEAK, OR RED-BIRD. Car- 

 dinalis Virginiamts. 



THIS truly magnificent songster, whose 

 loud and martial song and brilliant beauty 

 of plumage alike attract our admiration, is 

 a native of this continent, and is found in 

 its favourite localities in all parts of the 

 country, from New York to Florida. His 

 chief haunts are in low watery thickets, or 

 amid the swampy woods that margin the 

 waters of our rivers and small inland 

 streams, among which he builds his nest. 

 They are never found in any situation in 

 considerable numbers, but at most in 

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