FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



811 



s song! An 

 losing all too 

 the silent air. 



Hiid richness 

 ii". Jt breaks 

 i though with 

 le lower tone 



BiCKXELL, 



e; Ciiewink; 

 ■"''"lis; tlinmt 

 iiurifs mostly 

 outer web of 

 "iufrs, til rout, 

 atlicrs tipjted 

 '' Jirnt 2)1 It m- 

 ^'^\ W., 3-34; 



sissippi Vul- 

 vinters from 



">■ 1;"); Sept. 

 to Oct. 31. 



title ^TriS.sps 

 I.v sjiwlded 

 71. 



'»ns which 



Const itu- 

 ?rowth in 



t«ick; his 

 Jle greets 



f>u pnuse 



o Ji near- 

 Then a 

 i' •iraiK'h, 

 ' cx^)ress 

 s Ernest 



'iniilar to 

 "ti'r tiiil- 

 3-20; T., 



ii'olina. 



This southern race of the Towhee does not associate with the 

 northern bird, which is abundant in the south in the winter. 



The latter selects haunts of much the same nature as those in 

 which it p "sses the summer, while the southern bird lives in heavy 

 growths of scrub palmetto. The notes of nllcni differ from those of 

 erythrophthalmus; its towhee is much higher, and its song, as Dr. 

 Allen pointed out years ago, is shorter. It is also a shyei bird than 

 its northern cousin. 



693. CardinalJB cardinaHs (/.//<»). CAtnnxAT.. .1'/. <$ .— Tiiroat 

 nnd re^'ion about tlio base of the bill black; ruat of the pluina<:i' bri),dit rosy 

 red, tile upper parts tipped witii jLrrayisli ; n conspicuous crest ; l)ill red. Ad, 

 9 . — Tiiroat and rcirion ul)(>iit tlic base of bill irviiyisli lilack ; crest, wiiifrs, 

 and tail dull red ; U|)[>er parts olive l)ro\vnitli uali ; under parts tiutly ociira- 

 ceoiis, ligiitcr on tiie l)eily, and sonutinies tini^ed witii red on tiie breast. L., 

 8-25; W., 3-Vr); T., 4'O0 ; B., -tU. 



RaiKje. — Eastern United States; breeds from Florida to Iowa aUd (south- 

 ern New York ; resident tlirouirliout its raiijre. 



Wasliiuj^ton, coninioii J'. IJ. ; less conmion than formerly. Bing Sing, 

 A. V. Cambridge, casual, two instances. 



^est, of t\vii;s, rootlets, and strips of l)ark, liticfl with frrasses and rootlets, 

 in buslies. ^'f/f/A', tiiree to four, wiiite or bluish widte, speckled or spotted 

 witii grayisli brown, cinnamon-lirown, or undier, 1-00 x 10. 



One's first impression of the Cardiiial Grosbeak will usually be that 

 he is rather a clumsy fellow. His body appears to be stiff, as if it 

 were made of wood, different in every way from the pliant, lithe body 

 of the Catbird, for example. He hops about on the ground Mith tail 

 held well up out of harm's way, and comes heavily down upon his 

 feet, as if his body were really very solid. In fact, he is not at ail a 

 graceful bird. 



He is a famous singer, liis song being a loud, dear whistle, into 

 which usually enters quite freqiuMitly the sound ot q ! q ! q ! and a 

 peculiar long-drawn-out e-e ! .sometimes syllabled as "three durrs ! " 

 He is a favorite cage-bird. The female Cardinal is herself a charming 

 singer, more pleasing to many than her mate, lier music being softer 

 in tone and otherwise different from his. The comiMon call-liofe of 

 both is a sharp, abrupt tf^ip! easily recognized after being once 

 heard. 



As the head of a family the C.-irdiniil is adniinible. iinf only in his 

 attentions to hi'^ lovely dove-colored mate, but in singing to her by the 

 hour, and in protecting her from intrusion or danger. To the young in 

 the nest he is an untiring provider of worms and grtibs. and thus most 

 usefid in a garden. Notliing can be more comical than his behavior 

 when lie first comlucts his yoiuig family out into the world while his 

 mate is engaged with her second sitting. He is as ftissy as any young 



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