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 593. Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). Cardinal. 



The Cardinal Grosbeak or Red-bird is a very common 

 breeder in most of the southern half of Pennsylvania. 

 Always most abundant in the Carolinian fauna, it breeds 

 locally and sporadically in the Alleghanian but as yet seems 

 unknown in the Canadian. The Cardinal is especially abund- 

 ant in the valley of the Delaware, where it seems to be 

 increasing, and in the Susquehanna Valley as far north as 

 Harrisburg and locally to Northumberland. It always seems 

 to prefer the river valleys and does not occur beyond the 

 limits of the Carolinian fauna in the mountains as a rule, 

 tho I have noted it as a rare breeder in Huntingdon and 

 southern Center Counties. 



595. Zamelodia ludoviciana ( Linn .) . Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



This beautiful Grosbeak is locally a rather common 

 breeder in the sections of the state lying within the Alle- 

 ghanian and Canadian fauna3 and nests sporadically even in 

 the Carolinian area. Mr. Witmer Stone in his "Birds of 

 Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey" , mentions nests taken 

 in Delaware County by Harry G. Parker and one found in 

 Chester County in 1975 by Titus Bennett. In eastern Penn- 

 sylvania, it breeds regularly as far south as southern 3ucks 

 County and rarely in Montgomery County near Ambler. In the 

 western counties, it nests regularly as far south as 



