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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 75. 



CEDAR BIRD. 



Family: Ampelidae. Genus: Ampelis. 



Species: A. cedrorum. 



Distribution: 



A common summer resident of New England more common 

 in the northern portions, often wintering in the southern. 



Date of Arrival: 

 February . 



Date of Departure: 

 November. 



General Plumage: 



Upper and under parts cinnamon brown, head marked with 

 blacky belly yellowish, tail tipped with yellow, red ivax often 

 wings and sometimes on tail. Bill and feet black. Length 

 about 7.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 

 " Winning '' note. 



Haunts: 



Tops of bare trees and berry bearing trees, shrubs and 

 cedars. 



