CARDINAL GROSBEAK. 
Loxia Cardinales. 
Le Grosbeg de Virginie. 
Virginia Nightingale. 
La Cardinal Hupe', 
Cardinal Grosbeak. 
Lyn. Syst. p. 3 00 . N 0 . 5 . 
Briss. Orn. iii. p. 253 . No. 17 
Iiaj Syn. p. 85. ^. 3 . 
Buff . iii. p. 4 5 8. 
Lath- Gen. Syn. ii. p. us. A ret. Z col. 
This species measures upwards of eight inches in length, and is a native of 
the temperate climates of America, inhabiting the country from Newfound- 
land to Louisiana. It arrives about the beginning of April in New York 
and the Jerseys, and frequents the Magnolia swamps during the summer; 
departing again for Carolina at the commencement of autumn. 
They are very hardy, familiar, and docile birds, on which account 
attempts have been made to breed them in cages, but without success ; as in 
a state of confinement, the male and female are at such enmity that they 
frequently kill one or other. It is true, that a relation of the late Mrs. 
Tunstall had a pair which built in an orange tree, in the Aviary; but 
while the hen was sitting, a high wind blew down the nest, whereby the 
eggs were broken : young birds were found in them. This, however, is a 
solitary instance in the history of the Cardinal Grosbeak, as connected 
with this country. 
In spring, and during most part of tho summer they set warbling, in 
the morning, on the highest trees ; and their song being remarkably fine, 
they have very deservedly obtained the name of Nightingale. 
They are fond of maize and buckwheat , and will get together hoards of 
that grain for a winter provision, which they very artfully conceal by 
means of leaves and small twigs, leaving only an aperture for entrance 
into their magazines. The female is likewise crested, but her colouis aie 
not so splendid as those of the male, being of a 1 eddish bi own. 
