WAXWINGS 



are so different from any other North Ameri- 

 can species that there should be no difficulty 

 in identifying them at sight. 



The Bohemian waxwing is the larger and 

 rarer of the two species. Its home is in the 

 more northern parts of Canada, from which 

 region it wanders south, at intervals of several 

 years, during the winter, to visit various parts 

 of the Pacific Coast states. Such a visit 

 occurred during the winter of 1919-20 when 

 large flocks appeared in the vicmity of Seattle, 

 Spokane and Portland. They came into the 

 dooryards to feed on holly berries and rose 

 apples and to splash in the chilly water of 

 the bird baths. 



The Bohemian waxwing has been found 

 n(\sting in the stunted conifers about Hudson 

 Bay, and has been reported by Brooks, 

 Macoun and Raine from various parts of the 

 Canadian Rockies where nests and eggs were 

 taken. The nest is described as a loosely con- 

 structed, bulky affair made of moss, dry grass, 

 weed stems and rootlets, placed in small spruce 

 trees about twenty feet from the ground. 



. Cedar waxwing, Bomhycilla cedrorum. 



^^ 7.00 



Distribution: Temperate North America 



in general, wandering over most of the United 



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