NORTH AMERICAN BIRUf^. 



401. 



603. Cardinal (iixUSBEAK, upp r ; KuciK uui^Ab i ^.i' ^..oaubAK, lo^^cr. .ii'ium iirchmj 



The general habits, nesting and eggs of this subspecies are precisely identical 

 with those of the Cardinal of the North. 



594. TEXAK CABJDTS&Jj. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Bonap. Geog. Dist. — North- 

 ern Mexico and Southern border of the United States — Southern Texas to Southern 

 Arizona and Lower California. 



This species inhabits the southern border of the United States. Dr. Merrill 

 found it abundant at times at Port Brown, Texas, particularly in the Spring. Mr. 

 Sennett records it as tolerably common at Lomita and a probable resident In that 

 region along with the Virginia Cardinal, and breeds fully as early. There Is, he 

 states, little difference between the habits of the two Cardinals, but the Texan 

 is more confined to open and exposed situations near settlements, and is always 

 shy and suspicious, so that he rarely came upon it unawares. The nest is built in 

 thickets, sometimes in isolated bushes, from three to eight feet above the ground, 

 and is said to be very much smaller than that of C. cardinalis. The materials are 

 bark strips, twigs and dry grasses. The eggs are usually four in number and re- 



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