THE CEDAR BIRD. 37

thers. As the season advances, they may
be observed pluming each other, and ca-
ressing with most gentle fondness. So
sociable are these birds, that the wanton
and reckless sportsman has an opportu-
nity of committing great havoc among
them. A young Cedar Bird that fre-
quented the front of Mr. Winship’s house;
in Brighton, in quest of honey-suckle ber-
ries, on receiving food, threw itself wholly
on that gentleman’s protection. At large,
day and night, the bird regularly attended
the desert of the dinner-table, for its por-
tion of the fruit, and remained steadfast
in its attachment to Mr. Winship, till
killed by an accident, being trodden under
foot. |