PURPLE-FINCH. 159 



sweetness and strength the delicious notes 

 of our Red-eyed Vireo, or Greenlet, ( Vireo 

 olivaceous^) is given in a wild state from 

 the summits of the tallest tulip-poplar 

 trees, (Liriodendron tulipiferaj) where the 

 bird is most commonly seen. It is there 

 poured forth for successive hours, without 

 any faltering, and scarcely a moment's 

 intermission for rest. When caged in the 

 same room with a Canary, the Purple 

 Finch's musical powers so far transcend 

 that songster, that a comparison would be 

 odious to our exquisite bird. 



In the cage he may be given all the 

 seeds adapted for the Canary, with the 

 addition of sun-flower and hemp in the 

 fall and winter season, and plenty of 

 gravel and water. He is quite hardy. 



