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the bird does reach our northern border sometimes still, 
but is not distinguished from the Cedar Waxwing. Ob- 
servers should be on the watch during our cold weather, 
and especially be suspicious of any Waxwing which appears 
during such severe cold. 
Dr. Kirtland states that these birds were “attracted by the 
berries, of the mountain ash and hawthorn, and the fruit of 
the persimmon.” 
227. (619.) AMPELIS CEDRORUM (Vieill.). 75. 
Cedar Waxwing. 
Synonyms: Bombycilla carolinensis, B. cedrorum. 
Cherry Bird, Cedar Bird, Carolina Waxwing, Southern Wax- 
wing, Little Waxwing, Carolina Chatterer, Spider-bird. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 162. 
This is a somewhat irregular species, but may be consid- 
ered a common resident over the entire state. However, it 
is sometimes scarce or wholly wanting from some localities 
and abundant at others during the same time. It is gener- 
ally seen in flocks even during the nesting season. 
Its food consists of 13 per cent. animal and 87 vegetable 
matter. A few snails are eaten, but the bulk of the animal 
matter consists of beetles, with a few bark and plant lice. 
The vegetable matter is 87 per cent. wild fruit and seeds and 
only 13 per cent. cultivated fruits, with the probability that 
a large part of the raspberries and blackberries are also wild 
fruit. Early cherries are scarcely touched. At any time 
the Cherry-bird prefers mulberries to cherries. A single 
bearing mulberry-tree has saved a whole orchard of cherries. 
A Cherry-bird was brought to me which had killed itself by 
eating too many ripe mulberries. Taken the year through 
this bird is far more useful than harmful and should be pro- 
tected. 
Family Lanipa. Shrikes. 
The name “Butcher-bird” was applied to members of this 
family because of their habit of impaling their victims upon 
thorns. It was long supposed that they gloated over the 
