PLATE XLI.—CEDAR WAXWING. CEDARBIRD. 
Ampelis cedrorum. 
Head crested ; forehead and sides of head black, indistinctly bor- 
dered with white ; a small white streak under the eye, and a larger one 
on the lower cheek commencing under the base of the bill; crest and 
back of head cinnamon, shading lighter along the back to the rump 
where it is ash ; chin black shading into cinnamon on breast, that into 
yellow on belly, and that into white under the tail; wings dark with 
red; horny tips on some of the quills; tail dark, square, with a yellow 
terminal band and (sometimes) with red, horny tips; bill and legs dark. 
Length, 7.15 inches. 
“It wanders about,” says Dr. Coues, ‘according to food supply ; winters in most 
of the United States.”” It nests in trees late in the season ; remains in flocks, except while 
breeding. Its note is a feeble peep. 
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