FAMILY AMPELID.E. -— WAXWINGS AND CEDAR BIRDS. 269 
FAMILY AMPELID-Ae. 
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. 
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Upper parts, grayish 
brown; crown and 
breast, pale choco= 
late brown; a black 
streak in front of 
eye; tail, tipped 
with yellow; belly, 
yellowish; wing, 
less than 4.20 
inches long. 
Cedar Waxwing. 
Cedar Bird. 
Cherry Bird. 
Ampelis cedorum. 
see No. 466. 
General plumage, pale chocolate 
brown; forehead, tinged with rufous ; 
chin, black; under tail coverts, rufous ; 
tail, tipped with yellow ; wing, over 
4.20 inches long. 
Bohemian Waxwing. 
Ampelis yarrulus. 
See No. 465. 
