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to another. Still. it> muMcal powers are Hullii-i.-ntly marked to earn for tin- bird the title of 



Virginian NL'htiniralr. and it is a curious fa, t il.at tli.- f.-mal,- often ring* Dearly M wall M 

 her mail-. 



This bird seems to be of a very t.-nd.-i h.-artfd disj.o*ition, and given to the tuloption uf 

 other birds when young an.l h.-lplos. Wilson mentions that I..- placed a young cow bird in 



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the same cage with a Cardinal Grosbeak, which the latter immediately adopted, and reared 



the poor, heljilf-s little creature that ha<l :i|>]x>al<-<l ><> MnMrnly to its compassionate feeling*. 

 Mr. Webber, moreover, in liis account of the Birds of America, gives an anecdote of a Scarlet 

 Grosbeak belonging to an old woman in Washington City, which u~-<l to make a regular busi- 

 ness of n-jirin.i; the young of other liinls which w.-n- plucod undt-r his charge, and tln-n-liy 

 learning a con-il'T.it'l'' sum of money in th course of a season. She had often been offered a 

 high price for her bird, but always refused to sell him, imj>'ll-d rithi-r by hope of gain or by 

 love of the bird : w< may IIOJM- that tip- latt-r ftn-linu' pn-<lomin:r 



In its nativi- land tin- Ca'iliiial (Jrosheak is 1:1 mon i'i tin- S.uilirni States, and in 



some l<-aliti.-s is mitrnitory. while- in others it remains throughout th. year. "In the 

 Nortli'-ni Stai.-." my* \ViIs.n. "tlii-y :m- in; . but in the lowrr parts r.f r<-nn-\ Ivania 



th.-y n-side during tli- whole year. fr<-'iu-ntiiiu r tin- lMinl-i-s ( ,f cni-ks and rivul.-ts, in Hheltend 

 hollows coven-.! with holly, laun-1, and oil. reens. Th.-y love alto to rwdde in the 



vicinity of li.-l-ls <,f Indian c.,ni. a -rain that contribute thfir chi-f and favorite food. The 

 seedsof apples, rli-i "f many other sorts of fruit are also eaten by them, and 



are accused of destroying bees." 



