The Cedar-Bird 



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porary home, and had the weather been cooler they might have 

 tarried at least two days longer. 



At this age the crest is not very prominent, and instead of the 

 jet-black, triangular band which surrounds the eye in an old 

 bird, the flat crown of the head is encircled by a light band 



Fig. 56. She hears a suspicious sound. 



passing above the eye. This fillet appears at about the eighth 

 day, and at this age also the tubes of the wing-quills burst, and 

 the red wax-like tips of the secondaries, when present at all, 

 also appear, as was the case with the young from this nest. 



When about ready to fly and waiting to be fed the young 

 exhibit the peculiar instinct already noticed of standing erect 

 with upturned heads. A nest of these birds in this attitude 



