FAMILY AMI'ELID.E. — AVAXWINGS! AND CKDAU BIRDS. 



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FAMILY AMPELID^, 



Waxwings and Cedar Birds. 



Bill, without notch ; head, with crest ; primaries, ten ; tarsus, shorter 

 than middle toe and claw; a black stripe from forehead through the eye; 

 inner primaries and tail feathers, often tipped with little hard red bits, like 

 minute drops of sealing wax. 



Upper parts, ^ayisli 

 brown : crown and 

 breast, pale choco- 

 late brown; a black 

 streak in front of 

 eye: tail, tippt'il 

 with yellow; bflly, 

 j'ellowish; wing, 

 less than 4.20 

 inches long. 



Cedar Waxwing. 



Cedar Bird. 



Cherry Bird. 



Ampi lis i-('(hini)it. 

 •See No. 4t;f.. 



lar liini. 



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Oenc-al plumage, pale chocolate 

 brown; forehead, tin^jed with rufous; 

 iliin. bl.K'k ; under tail covert s, nifoun ; 

 tail, tipped with yellow ; wing, over 

 4.20 inches long. 



Bohemian Wa.xwing. 

 AinjiiliK 'jiinitlus. 

 See No. 4t>5. 



