CHAPTER ELEVEN 



VIREOS, SHRIKES, AND WAXWINGS 



Finley & Bohlman 

 FIG. 190. Young Cassin's vireos and the basket nest in which they were hatched. 



THE birds treated in this chapter belong to different 

 families, all small families, which in certain ways resemble 

 each other. In many ways the vireos resemble wood 

 warblers and so are placed next to them in a systematic 

 arrangement of birds. 



Shrikes show some resemblance in form and habits, 

 but not in color, to both vireos and swallows. Waxwings 

 do not seem to be closely akin to any other birds, but 

 the form of their beak, wings, and other organs shows 

 that the waxwing family is related to both shrikes and 

 swallows. 



Vireos. Vireos are not quite as large as Eng- 

 lish sparrows. They were formerly sometimes called 



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