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and moss, and lined with fine grass and hair. 
The eggs are six in number, white, with nu- 
merous purplish red spots over the whole surface, 
but confluent and forming a zone towards the 
larger end. Its food consists of insects and their 
larvee, principally of those kinds that feed upon 
the foliage of trees. 
WAXWING, BOHEMIAN. 
WAXEN CHATTERER. 
BoMBYCILLA GARRULA, Flem. 
This species is said to be generally dispersed in 
winter over the Continent, but in summer it retires 
northward. It is only an occasional or accidental 
visitor in Great Britain, appearing in winter gene- 
rally in flocks, and feeding on the berries of the 
hawthorn and mountain ash. The Waxwing is a 
rare bird in France and Provence, still more rare 
in Italy, and it never crosses the Mediterranean 
Sea. It is found, however, in various parts of 
Asia, Europe, and North America. along the 
mountainous range skirting the North Pacific 
Ocean. Although the migratory habits of this 
bird are well known, and many of the localities 
