FAMILY Bombycillide. 
“his was from a bird in captivity, the interval was correct, 
quite as much so as that of a White-throated Sparrow who 
sang for me about eight years later, August 2, 1919, the 
same relative notes in a very high pitch; his key was five 
sharps, the C sharp of which is just beyond the piano key- 
board. There is little question about the most charming 
feature of the songs of our woodland and meadow singers, 
it certainly lies in the perfected musical interval; we do 
not stop to think just what the charm really is, but remove 
that intangible interval and tedious monotony takes its 
place. 
Family Bombycillide. 
Bohemian The Bohemian Waxwing belongs to the Arc- 
ae rH tic regions, and in severe winter seasons visits 
om culled = 3 
Airs the extreme northern United States, flies as 
L. 8.50 inches far south as Kansas, Illinois, and Pennsyl- 
Winter vania, and is an irregular but not uncommon 
visitor in the central part of New York and of the White 
Mountain region of New Hampshire. It is a trifle larger 
than its relative the Cedar Waxwing, and in general color- 
ing is the same with a few exceptions; the forehead and 
under tail-coverts (those at the tail roots)chestnut brown, 
the abdomen gray instead of yellow, the primaries, or long 
wing feathers tipped with yellow on the outer web, the 
secondaries, or shorter middle feathers tipped with white; 
both these colors are very conspicuous even at a distance. 
Nest and egg similar to those of the Cedar Waxwing, and 
so far as I have been able to determine the call notes are 
practically the same, that is, D or E above highest C on the 
piano keyboard. 
Delicato 
Thrice 8va. 
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