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If the flock be divided between neighboring trees, some of the birds will 

 constantly be passing back and forth between them ; and of a sudden, 

 with a wliir of wings, the entire company take the air, wheels about, 

 and comes to rest again in some more distant tree. At higher elevations 

 in Guatemala, the resting flocks of waxwings are often joined by a 

 group of silky flycatchers {Ptilogonys cinereus), which usually choose 

 the topmost twigs as their perches. Of all the resident birds of the 

 country, these gray, slender, restless creatures are the waxwings' near- 

 est — although still distant — relations ; and the birds themselves seem 

 to recognize the fact ! 



"While many migrants, once they have reached their winter range, 

 appear to become as sedentary as the local birds, the cedar waxwing is 

 inveterately a wanderer, rarely remaining long in one locality, but 

 suddenly appearing, lingering a few days or a week or two, then roam- 

 ing away again. These movements bring them into the most varied 

 sorts of country : heavy forests of the upper levels of the Tropical Zone 

 as well as the pine and oak woods of the highlands, arid as well as 

 humid districts. They are as fond of berries in their winter as in their 

 summer home. 



"Central American dates are : Guatemala — Sierra de Tecpan, 7,000- 

 10,000 feet, February 5 to May 12, 1933 ; Finca Moca, 3,000-4,000 feet, 

 January 5, 1935; Antigua (Griscom) , May 15. Costa Rica — Basin of 

 El General, 3,000-4,000 feet, March 1 to May 7, 1936 ; Vara Blanca, 

 5,500 feet, April 16-24, 1938." 



DISTRIBUnON 



Range. — From central Canada south to western Panama. 



Breeding range. — The cedar waxwing breeds north to southeastern 

 Alaska (Ketchikan; has occurred north to Juneau); north-central 

 British Columbia (Kispiox Valley, mouth of the Ingenika River, and 

 McLeod Lake) ; northern Alberta (Peace River, Lesser Slave Lake, 

 and McMurray) ; northern to central eastern Saskatchewan (Melhye 

 Portage, Island Lake, and Cumberland House) ; central Manitoba 

 (Chemawawin, Grand Rapids, and Berens Island) ; central Ontario 

 (Kenora, Lac Seul, Kapuskasing, and Moose Factory) ; southern 

 Quebec (Lake Mistassini, Godbout, Seven Islands, and Natashquan) ; 

 and central eastern Newfoundland (Glenwood). East to Newfound- 

 land (Glenwood and Searton) ; Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Island, 

 Halifax, and Yarmouth) ; the Atlantic Coast States south to Maryland 

 (Easton) ; Virginia (Lynchburg and Roanoke) and in the mountains 

 to extreme northern Georgia (Cornelia). South to northern Georgia 

 (Cornelia and Tate) ; western Tennessee (Athens) ; central Kentucky 

 (Eubank and Bardstown) ; southern Indiana (Wheatland and New 

 Harmony) ; southern Illinois (Mount Carmel, Olnej^ and Odin) ; cen- 

 tral Missouri (St. Louis, St. Charles, and Warrensburg) ; eastern 



