CEDAR BIRD, OR CHERRY BIRD. 249 
This common native wanderer, which in the summer 
extends its migrations to the remotest unpeopled regions 
of Canada, # is also found throughout the American conti- 
nent to Mexico, and parties occasionally even roam to 
the tropical forests of Cayenne. In all this extensive 
geographical range, where great elevation or latitude 
tempers the climate so as to be favorable to the produc- 
tion of juicy fruits, the Cedar Bird will probably be 
found either almost wholly to reside, or to pass the season 
of reproduction. Like its European representative (the 
Waxen Chatterer), it is capable of braving a consid- 
erable degree of cold, for in Pennsylvania and New Jer- 
sey some of these birds are seen throughout the winter, 
where, as well as in the early part of the summer and 
fall, they are killed and brought to market, generally fat, 
and much esteemed as food. Silky softness of plumage, 
gentleness of disposition, innocence of character, extreme 
sociability, and an innate, inextinguishable love of free- 
dom, accompanied by a constant desire of wandering, 
are characteristic traits in the physical and moral por- 
trait of the second as well as the preceding species of 
this peculiar and extraordinary genus. 
Leaving the northern part of the continent, situated 
beyond the 40th degree, at the approach of winter, they 
assemble in companies of 20 to a hundred, and wander 
through the Southern States and Mexico to the confines 
of the equator, in all of which countries they are now 
either common or abundant. As observed by Audubon, 
their flight is easy, continued, and often performed at a 
considerable height ; and they move in flocks or compa- 
nies, making several turns before they alight. As the 
mildness of spring returns, and with it their favorite food, 
they reappear in the Northern and Eastern States about 
f Seen by Mr. Say near Winnipique river in latitude 50. 
