. Bird life stories, comp. from the writings of Audubon, Bendire, Nuttall, and Wilson . erous in the little temperate Ber-muda Islands, but do not apparently exist in any of the WestIndies. As might be supposed from the range already stated,the Redbird is not uncommon throughout Louisiana, Missouriand Arkansas. Most of those which pass the summer in the cooler andmiddle States retire to the south at the commencement ofwinter, though a few linger in the sheltered swamps of Penn-sylvania and near the shores of the Delaware almost throughthe winter. They also, at this season, probably assemble to
. Bird life stories, comp. from the writings of Audubon, Bendire, Nuttall, and Wilson . erous in the little temperate Ber-muda Islands, but do not apparently exist in any of the WestIndies. As might be supposed from the range already stated,the Redbird is not uncommon throughout Louisiana, Missouriand Arkansas. Most of those which pass the summer in the cooler andmiddle States retire to the south at the commencement ofwinter, though a few linger in the sheltered swamps of Penn-sylvania and near the shores of the Delaware almost throughthe winter. They also, at this season, probably assemble towardthe sea-coast from the west in some of the southern States,where roving and skulking timid families are now seen flittingsilently through thickets and swampy woods eager alone toglean a scanty subsistence, and defend themselves from prowl-ing enemies. At all times, however, they appear to have a predilectionfor watery groves and shaded running streams, aboundingwith evergreens and fragrant magnolias, in which they are sofrequent as to be almost concomitant with the scene. But 38. CARDINALCardinalis Cardinalis The Cardinal 39 though they usually live in families or pairs, and at all timesdisperse into these selective groups, yet in severe weather atsunset in South Carolina I observed a flock passing to a roostin a neighboring swamp, and bushy lagoon, which continued inlengthened file to fly over my head at a considerable heightfor more than twenty minutes together. The beautiful pro-cession illumined by the last rays of the setting sun wasincomparably splendid as the shifting shadowy light at quickintervals flashed upon their brilliant livery. They had beenobserved to pass in this manner to their roost for a consider-able time, and at daybreak they were seen again to proceedand disperse for subsistence. How long this timid and gre-garious habit continues, I cannot pretend to say, but by thefirst week in February the song of the Redbird was almostdaily heard. As the season ad
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