. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . g, staining the birds bill completely and running down upon his suggestion might lead further, but I do not press it. The Cardinal is first of all granivorous; but this term must be under-stood to cover the consumption of weed-seeds of many sorts, including somehard-coated specimens which few other birds are able to crack open. Insectsare also eaten freely, and berries in season. If encouraged the bird willglean about our premises in winter, haunting the grape-trellis
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . g, staining the birds bill completely and running down upon his suggestion might lead further, but I do not press it. The Cardinal is first of all granivorous; but this term must be under-stood to cover the consumption of weed-seeds of many sorts, including somehard-coated specimens which few other birds are able to crack open. Insectsare also eaten freely, and berries in season. If encouraged the bird willglean about our premises in winter, haunting the grape-trellis and garden,and roosting, it may be, in the arbor vitae. The young are fed for the first 98 THE CARDINAL. week by regurgitation, but after that the parents supply them grain andinsects directly or assist them in cracking seeds. After the Robin the Cardinals nest is the easiest to find, and perhapsthe most common in middle and southern Ohio. Nesting begins early inthe season, and two, sometimes three, broods are raised. April 15th, 1901,before a green leaf had shown itself in Columbus, I found a full set of eggs. Taken near Livclcz-tllc THli CARDINALS NliST. in a rude nest placed in a bunch of drift material which had caught from arecent flood. Others liave reported eggs as late as August 28th. Nests are usually placed low in bushes, or at moderate heights in thicketsand saplings. Grape-\ine tangles and porch trellises are favorite places, andoccasionally nests are saddled upon horizontal limbs of trees. Miss GertrudeF. Harvey of Bond Hill (Cincinnati) kept a most interesting diarv of apair which nested in her conservatory. The nest was placed in a MarechalNeil rose-bush, to which the birds found access first through a roof venti-lator and then through the open window. In construction the nest varies from tidy to disreputable, according toskill and season. A tyjiical one is composed externally of long stiff weedsand leaf-stems, and measiu-es roughly seven inches across, witli an
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