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that exist for their protection in almost every 

 Southern state are now being enforced more 

 strictly. It is to be hoped the day is not far 

 distant when the Cardinal shall build his one, 

 two, or even three nests a season in our door- 

 yard cedars undisturbed, and take shelter from 

 blizzards in our barn lofts unmolested; when his 

 long confidence and helpfulness shall at last be 

 met by the response of human friendship and 

 encouragement. 



The beautiful and noble Eosebreasted Gros- 

 beak, which the Middle West prizes as adjutant 

 to the farmer because he eats potato bugs, is a 

 near kinsman of our Cardinal. His range begins 

 about where the Cardinal's comes to an end. 

 But he does not try to bear the pinch of winter; 

 and during his period of migration in early April 

 he sometimes rests for a few days in the south- 

 ern mountains, and tries over for us the rich, 

 sweet, rolling warble that is his spring song. 



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Have you ever watched a flock of Crows feed- 

 ing over a field? How glossy is their plumage, 

 how lofty their port ! They bear themselves like 

 born aristocrats, lords of the soil; the flirt of a 

 Crow's wings and tail is like the gesture with 

 which a cavalier should toss back his velvet cape 

 from the hilt of his sword. The Crow has dig- 



