FAMILY BomhycillidcB 



other of our western flycatchers. It is one 

 of the commonest of the western flycatchers 

 and is said to breed from the Arctic Circle to 

 Mexico, building its nest underneath culverts 

 and bridges and about outbuildings, and in 

 caves and crevices in rocks. It is also re- 

 ported as nesting in abandoned mining shafts 

 and has been known to occupy an old robin's 

 nest. In common with others of the family it 

 feeds upon flying insects, as well as grass- 

 hoppers, crickets, beetles and butterflies. 



FAMILY BOMBYCILLIDJE: WAX WINGS 



^ ^ Bohemian waxwing, Bomhycilla gar- 

 rula. 8.10 



Distribution: Circumpolar, breeding in 

 the coniferous forests of the far North or the 

 higher mountains of the Canadian Rockies, 

 ranging south in winter (irregularly) to 

 middle United States. 



The waxwings in several varieties are found 

 throughout the northern hemisphere where 

 they live in the great belts of coniferous 

 timber, breeding north to the Arctic Circle. 

 They are birds of great beauty, of a soft 

 immaculate gray, trimmed with black, yellow 

 and red, set off with a splendid crest which 

 can be raised or lowered at will. The birds 

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