io Favourite Foreign Birds. 



As the name implies, the general colour is scarlet 

 even the beak and legs partaking of the same ruddy 

 hue but the throat is black. The female is of a 

 reddish-brown colour, and can at a glance be dis- 

 tinguished from her mate, who sings very sweetly, 

 but, in my judgment, has no pretension to be called 

 a nightingale. 



These birds will occasionally breed in this country, 

 but do so less freely than their grey or green 

 relations ; those I have had from time to time have 

 not made any attempt in that direction, but other 

 fanciers have been more fortunate. The eggs are 

 said to be bluish-white, speckled with olive, green, 

 and brown spots. The young resemble their mother, 

 and have a dark brown, nearly black, bill. The 

 treatment and feeding should be the same as for the 

 rest of the Cardinals. 



