THE CARDINAL, THE PRIDE OF THE SOUTH 307 
less, it is within the power of western towns and cities wherein 
it has not yet gained a foothold to follow the example of Mr. 
Bond in Cheyenne, and destroy every colony that enters 
before it has time to breed. 
Tue CARDINAL, or CARDINAL GROSBEAK,! also called the 
CARDINAL REpDBIRD, is the pride of the South. From New 
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Orleans to New York it is persistently trapped and “limed”— 
not to “keep” as a cage bird, but to sell as such. Poor, 
unhappy Cardinal! How much better its fate had it been 
created black instead of bright cardinal red, with no jaunty 
top-knot, and no fatal gift of song! 
In a cage six by nine feet, or even four by four, a bird like 
this flies to and fro, and in company with a dozen other small 
1 Car-di-nal’is car-di-nal'ts. Length, 8.50 inches, 
