34 THE BIRDS OF 



CEDAR WAXWING 



Of all the birds of Somerset Hills, 

 Waxwings and Goldfinches nest the 

 latest in the summer, not starting to 

 build until July. The appearance of 

 the Waxwing (Plate 4, p. 33) is always 

 neat. His trim brown body, with a yel- 

 low band on the end of the tail, makes 

 him easily distinguishable. The Cedar 

 Waxwing gets the first part of his name 

 from the fact of his feeding largely on 

 cedar berries, though, when they are in 

 season, he frequently eats cherries and 

 strawberries. The latter part of his 

 name comes from the fact that some in- 

 dividuals have red, waxlike tips on the 

 secondary feathers of the wings. 



WOOD PEWEE 



I always associate this bird with hot 

 sultry summer days when his long 

 drawn out Pee-ee-wee seems especially 



