. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. " ,pili SI H CARDINAL oi yiberdeeriy in Scotland^ in the month q( Augujl i therefore fulpeft they breed there. 210. Cardinal. Place. I I. Coccothrauftes Indica criftata, jtlJr. ii. 289. Virginian Nightingale, ff^ill. Orn. 2/[^.—Raii Syn. Av. 85. Redbird, La-w/on, \/^'—CateJby, i. 38. La Cardinal hupe, De Buffon, iii. 458. Grofbec de Virginie, Brijfon, iii. 253. Loxia Cardinalis, Lin. Syjl. 300.—Latham, ii. 118,«>Lev. Mus.—Bl. Mus. ^R. With a light red billj bafe encompafled with black fea- thers : head adorned with an upright
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. " ,pili SI H CARDINAL oi yiberdeeriy in Scotland^ in the month q( Augujl i therefore fulpeft they breed there. 210. Cardinal. Place. I I. Coccothrauftes Indica criftata, jtlJr. ii. 289. Virginian Nightingale, ff^ill. Orn. 2/[^.—Raii Syn. Av. 85. Redbird, La-w/on, \/^'—CateJby, i. 38. La Cardinal hupe, De Buffon, iii. 458. Grofbec de Virginie, Brijfon, iii. 253. Loxia Cardinalis, Lin. Syjl. 300.—Latham, ii. 118,«>Lev. Mus.—Bl. Mus. ^R. With a light red billj bafe encompafled with black fea- thers : head adorned with an upright pointed creft: head, neck, and body, of a rich fcarlet color: wings and tail of a dark and dull red. Fem AL e of a much duller hue, with brown cheeks and back: belly of a dirty yellow. Length nine inches. Inhabits the country from Newfoundland to Louiftana. Is a hardy and familiar bird : very docile. Lives much on the grain of mayz, which it breaks readily with its ftrong bill. Lays up a winter pro- vifion of that grain j and conceals it very artfully in its retreat, firft with leaves, and then with fmall branches, with an aperture for an entrance *. Their fong is remarkably finej fo that they are called the Virginian Nightingale. They fit warbling in the mornings, during Ipring, on the tops of the higheft trees f. They alfo fing when confined in cages, and are much fought on account of their me- lody. In a ftate of confinement the female and male are at fuch enmity, that they will kill one another. They feldom are feen in larger numbers than three or four togetlier. I have heard that • Du Pratz, ii. 94. f Kalm, ii. 71.—He fays that they are very deftruftivc to Bees. their. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed for Robert Faulder . ..
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