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THE CARDINAL GROSBEAK. 



THE CARDINAL GROSBEAK. 



The Cardinal Grosbeak is about eight inches in length. The bill 

 ia atout, and of a pale red color. On the head there is a pointed 

 creat : the plumage is in general of a fine red, but round the bill and 



throat it is black 

 The legs are of the 

 same color as the bill. 

 This is an inhabi- 

 tant of several parts 

 of North America. 

 The melody of its 

 song is said some- 

 what to resemble that 

 of the Nightingale. 

 In spring, and during 

 great part of the 

 summer, it sits on 

 the tops of the high- 

 est trees, and with 

 its loud and piercing 

 notes makes the for- 

 ests echo. 



The Cardinal Gros- 

 beaks are chiefly 

 remarkable for laying 

 up, during summer, 

 their winter provi 

 sion of maize and 

 buckwheat. Nearly 

 a bushel of maize has 

 been found in the 

 retreat of one of these 

 birds, artfully covered 

 with leaves and small 

 branches of trees, and 

 only a small hole left 



at. 



The Americans frequently keep these birds in cages ; where they 

 iag, with a very short interval of silence, through the whole year. 



THE GRENADIER GROSBEAK. 



The Grenadier Grosbeak is of about the size of a sparrow. The body 

 is in general of a beautiful red color. The forehead, sides of the head, 

 chin, breast and belly, are black. The wings are brown, and the lega 

 pale brown 



