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ground at the outer end of a limb of a large white oak," and another 

 "fifty feet from the ground in the top of one of the larger trees." 



A. Dawes Du Bois records in his notes four nests, found in Minnesota, 

 New York, and Wisconsin; the Price County, Wis., nest was 8 feet 

 from the ground in a fork and between upright branches of a small 

 plum tree in a garden ; the other three were in aj^ple trees, at heights 

 ranging from 6 to 20 feet above ground ; the highest nest was near the 

 end of a branch of a large, old apple tree on a constantly traveled, 

 dusty, public road. A nest in an orchard was built chiefly of grass 

 blades and stems, w^ith a few slender, woody twigs, the longest 6i/^ 

 inches ; a coarse, stiff straw of grass measured 7i/4 inches, but most of 

 the material was comparatively soft; one very slender grass stem, 

 folded twice, was 15 inches long ; there were numerous long shreds of 

 grass and a few weed stems were intermingled. Outwardly this nest 

 had a slovenly, rather formless appearance, but the inner portion was 

 a well-formed and compactly- woven cup, lined with long, fine rootlets, 

 together with grasses and a very few small bits of plant down. It 

 measured externally 5 to 6 inches in diameter by 3.5 in height; the 

 internal diameter was 2.5 and the depth 1.95 inches. 



He says of another nest: "On the 7th of September I lifted this 

 nest from the branch with the intention of dissecting it. Feeling 

 something squirming within, I placed it on the ground and a white- 

 footed mouse came out through a hole in the side, with a family of 

 very young, blind sucklings clinging to her teats." 



Dr. Paul Harrington mentions in his notes a nesting colony of 

 cedar waxwings in a clump of white pines near Toronto, Ontario. 

 "There were 11 nests in all within a radius of 25 feet, on horizontal pine 

 limbs, all within 20 feet from the ground. One nest had four fresh 

 eggs, one held two, and two others had one egg each ; five other nests 

 were more or less complete, and two were half finished. I returned 

 to examine these nests a week later and all were deserted." On an- 

 other occasion he found a nest containing five fresh eggs, on which 

 both parent birds were incubating; "they were sitting in the same 

 direction, and this apparently had been a common practice, as the 

 nest was quite markedly shaped, so as to allow both birds to sit com- 

 fortably in the nest." 



Charles W. Eichmond (1888) says: "The Cedarbird does not nest 

 till late in the season, and is sometimes eccentric about choosing a 

 nesting place. A nest found within the city limits [Washington, 

 D. C] was situated in a lamp post. * * * j^ ^yjH forsake its nest 

 on the slightest provocation, even after laying one or more eggs." 



Aretas A. Samiders (1938), writing of Allegany State Park, New 

 York, says : "Nests of the cedar waxwing are found in various trees 

 or shrubs in and about the school gi-ounds, chiefly in the Aspen- 

 Cherry and camping gi'ounds areas, but sometimes m Maple-Beech- 



