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19 Jun 09
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The flight of this bird is undulating and smooth, performed in a direct
line when it is migrating, at a considerable height above the forests, and in
groups of from five to ten individuals. They alight frequently during the day,
on such trees as are opening their buds or blossoms. At such times they are
extremely gentle, and easily approached, are extremely fond of bathing, and
whether on the ground or on branches, move by short leaps. I have been much
surprised to see, on my having fired, those that were untouched, fly directly
towards me, until within a few feet, and then slide off and alight on the lower
branches of the nearest tree, where, standing as erect as little Hawks, they
gazed upon me as if I were an object quite new, and of whose nature they were
ignorant. They are easily caught under snow-shoes put up with a figure of four,
around the wood-cutters' camps in the State of Maine, and are said to afford
good eating. Their food consists of the buds and seeds of almost all sorts of
trees. Occasionally also they seize a passing insect. I once knew one of these
sweet songsters, which, in the evening, as soon as the lamp was lighted in the
room where its cage was hung, would instantly tune its voice anew.
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