. Our bird friends; containing many things young folks ought to know--and likewise grown-ups . never flies up and sits beside her mate when he is singing,apparently being quite content to let him have all of the gloryas she modestly remains in obscurity. The cardinal lays four eggs of a dullish-white color, coveredwith tawny spots. It builds its nest in thorny bushes or briars,and is very jealous of its young. The male cardinals fight eachother desperately, and have been known to kill one another. In the South the redbird, on account of its brilliant color, isfrequently kept in cages. Boys go
. Our bird friends; containing many things young folks ought to know--and likewise grown-ups . never flies up and sits beside her mate when he is singing,apparently being quite content to let him have all of the gloryas she modestly remains in obscurity. The cardinal lays four eggs of a dullish-white color, coveredwith tawny spots. It builds its nest in thorny bushes or briars,and is very jealous of its young. The male cardinals fight eachother desperately, and have been known to kill one another. In the South the redbird, on account of its brilliant color, isfrequently kept in cages. Boys go out and find a redbirdsnest and keep an eye upon it until the young birds are they take the nest and put it in a cage and leave the dooropen so the old birds can enter the cage and feed the young ones, THE REDBIRD OR CARDINAL 51 which they will readily do. When the birds get so large thatthere is danger of their getting out of the cage, the boys closethe door and the old birds will continue to feed the young onesthrough the bars until they are old enough to be fed by THE SWALLOW CHAPTER IX
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