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when found at all. In general habits, actions and appear- 

 ance it resembles the common Cedar Bird, and in fact several 

 Cedar Birds have been taken in winter, supposing that they 

 were the rarer species. Nests and eggs are said to be very 

 similar indeed to those of the common species, the nests being 

 rather compactly built of twigs, roots and moss and placed in 

 evergreen and other trees. A set taken in Labrador, June 18, 

 1885, is described by Davie as being bluish white, spotted with 

 lilac and dark brown. He states they measure 0.99 x 0.70, 

 0.98 X 0.70, 1.05 X 0.69, 1.06 x 0.70. The food eaten is said 

 to be fruits, buds, berries and insects. 



^ 619. Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). Cedar Waxwing; Cedar 

 Bird; Cherry Bird; Carolina Waxwing; Southern Waxwing; 

 Canada Robin; Carolina Chatterer; Apple Bird. 



Plumage of adults : line through the eye, the forehead and chin black ; 

 silky drab or grayish brown above ; rump ashy ; wings and tail slaty gray on 

 visible portion of feathers ; secondaries and tail often tipped with red, seal- 

 ing-wax-like appendages ; yellow band at end of tail ; breast silky drab ; belly 

 yellowish ; under tail coverts white ; crest prominent. Immatiire plumage : 

 very similar but crest not very prominent ; more olive brown above ; paler 

 below, streaked on throat, breast, sides and flanks with brownish or dull 

 grayish stripes. Wing 3.75 ; tail 2.45. 



Geog. Dist. — North America, breeding from Virginia and the mountains of 

 South Carolina north to the Fur Countries ; wintering from the northern tier 

 of states south to Costa Rica and the West Indies. 



County Records. — Androscoggin ; common summer resident, rare in win- 

 ter, (Johnson). Aroostook; common summer resident, (Knight). Cumber- 

 land; common summer resident, (Mead). Franklin; common summer resi- 

 dent, (Swain). Hancock; common summer resident, rare and sporadic in 

 winter, (Knight). Kennebec; common, (Gardiner Branch). Knox; summer, 

 (Rackliff). Oxford; common breeder, (Nash). Penobscot ; common summer 

 resident, rare, irregular and roving in winter, (Knight). Piscataquis; com.- 

 mon, breeds, (Homer). Sagadahoc; common summer resident, (Spinney). 

 Somerset; common summer resident, (Morrell). Waldo; common summer 

 resident, (Knight). Washington ; common summer resident, some in winter, 

 (Boardman). York ; common summer resident, (Adams). 



Though likely to occur irregularly and sporadically almost 



anywhere in the State in roving flocks during the winter, the 



species is by no means a regular winter bird, but is more 



