. A Book of ornithology, for youth. Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds . he is called the Bulfinch, in other places, the TowheBird, the Chewink and the Swamp Robin. The Towhe Bunting is eight inches and a half long; theupper parts are black, the lower parts white; the tail islong, nearly eyen at the end; the legs and feet are of adirty flesh colour, and quite strong. The eye changes incolour, the iris being sometimes white and at other timesred. CARDINAL GROSBEAK. *This is one of our most common cage b
. A Book of ornithology, for youth. Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds . he is called the Bulfinch, in other places, the TowheBird, the Chewink and the Swamp Robin. The Towhe Bunting is eight inches and a half long; theupper parts are black, the lower parts white; the tail islong, nearly eyen at the end; the legs and feet are of adirty flesh colour, and quite strong. The eye changes incolour, the iris being sometimes white and at other timesred. CARDINAL GROSBEAK. *This is one of our most common cage birds, and is gen-erally known both in North America, and even in Europe, * The grosbeaks are generally shy and solitary, living chieflyIn the woods at a distance from the habitations of mar. Their CARDINAL GROSBEAK. 45 where great numbers of them have been carried. InEngland they are usually called Virginia this name, Dr. Latham observed, they are fully entitledfrom the clearness and variety of their notes, which bothin a wild and domestic state are very various and of them resemble the high notes of a fife, and arenearly as The nest of this bird is very often fixed in a holly, ce-dar or laurel bush. It is constructed of small twigs, topsof dry weeds, and slips of vine bark, and lined with stalks vocal powers are indifferent. The most conspicuous charac-teristics of the genus are the thickness and strength of thebill, which enable them to break the stones of various kindsof fruit. Of this genus there are nearly one hundred species. 46 ENGLISH WAGTAIL, of fine grass. The female lays four eggs, thickly mar-ked all over with touches of brownish olive on a dullwhite ground. These birds are easily taken in trap-cages,and soon domesticated; with proper care, they will live toa considerable age. They are hardy, sing six or eightmonths in the year, and are most lively in wet weather. The males of the Cardinal Grosbeak, when confined to-gether in a ca
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