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of their most charming bird-life." To this Mr. 

 Nehrling adds a plea for the schools and press to 

 take up the work of bird protection, concluding : 

 " Parents and teachers, divines and newspapers 

 can do infinite good in this matter. . . . Cruelty 

 must vanish and yield to a nobler, kinder mode 

 of thinking." 



Cardinal : Cardinalis cardinalis. 



Adult male, entire body, wings, and tail red ; chin and ring 

 round base of bill black ; head with high crest. Adult 

 female, bill, wings, and tail red ; body brownish. Length, 85- 

 inches. 



GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. Eastern United States ; breeds 

 from Florida and Texas to Iowa and southern New York ; 

 resident throughout its range. 



Like the Mockingbird, the Cardinal is known 

 to most northerners as a cage bird, but in Central 

 Park visitors are some- 

 times surprised by its 

 familiar whistle, and on 

 looking up are delighted 

 by a glimpse of one of 

 these high-crested red 

 beauties, as he flies to 

 cover, giving a flash of 

 rich color to the land- 

 scape. In Ohio, Mr. H. 

 C. Oberholser says it is 

 found along the shaded FIG. 28. 



streets of the towns and Cardinal 



