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with buff. Western U. S. from Mex. to 

 British Columbia; accidental in Mich. 



480. CARDINAL GROSBEAK. 

 Longer, 8.50; wings, short; tail, long; 

 head, crested; vermillion red; line surround- 

 ing bill and throat, black, fig. 334. Female 

 duller, yellow-gray above and yellow-buff 

 beneath. Eastern U. S. from Gulf States, 

 excepting Fla., north to N. Y., including 

 Long Island. Resident. Frequents thickets, 

 margins of swamps and woodlands, Song, 

 loud, clear and very melodious: whe-e-e, re- 

 peated six times, liquid and clear; quit-er, 

 quickly given five or six times; wheat, a 

 little prolonged and exceedingly sweet and 

 clear, also given six times. Sings at almost 

 all seasons. Alarm, a sharp chirp. Nests 

 in tree and bushes, eggs gray, spotted with 

 yellow brown. 



481. FLORIDA CARDINAL. 

 Differs from last in being smaller, 

 darker above and deeper red beneath. Fe- 

 male, deeper buff. Fla. 



