. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 1 I. CARDINAL. REDBIRD. CaRDINALIS C4RDIN«.LIS. Char. Head with conspicuous crest. Male: above, bright vemr- lion, shaded with gray on the back; beneath, paler; forehead and throat black. Female: above, olive gray; beneath, buflfy. Young similar to female, but duller. Length about 8 to 8^ inches. Nest. In a variety of situations, most frequently amid a thicket of brambles or in a low tree; loosely made of twigs, strips of grape-vine
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 1 I. CARDINAL. REDBIRD. CaRDINALIS C4RDIN«.LIS. Char. Head with conspicuous crest. Male: above, bright vemr- lion, shaded with gray on the back; beneath, paler; forehead and throat black. Female: above, olive gray; beneath, buflfy. Young similar to female, but duller. Length about 8 to 8^ inches. Nest. In a variety of situations, most frequently amid a thicket of brambles or in a low tree; loosely made of twigs, strips of grape-vine, dry grass, weed-stems, lined with fine grass or roots, sometimes with hair. Eggs. 3-s; dull white or tinged with blue, green, or buff; spotted with reddish brown and lilac; X These splendid and not uncommon songsters chiefly reside in the warmer and more temperate parts of the United States from New York to Florida, and a few stragglers even proceed as far to the north as Salem in Massachusetts. They also inhabit the Mexican provinces, and are met with south as far as Carthagena; adventurously crossing the intervening ocean, they are likewise numerous in the little temperate Bermuda islands, but do not apparently exist in any of the West Indies. As might be supposed, from the range already stated, the Red- birds are not uncommon throughout Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas Territory. Most of those which pass the summer in. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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