PERCHING BIRDS 



WAXWINGS. Eamily AMPELID^E 



0'18. BOHEMIAN WAXWING. Bombyeilla 

 gar ruins 



Range. Breeds in the Arctic regions except 

 in the Rockies where it nearly reaches the 

 United States ; winters south to the northern 

 tier of states. 



This handsome crested, grayish brown Wax- 

 wing resembles the common Cedar Waxwing 

 but is larger (length 8 

 inches), has a black throat, 

 much white and yellow on the 

 wing and a yellow tip to tail. 

 Their nests are made of root- 

 lets, grass and moss, and sit- 

 uated in trees usually at a 

 low elevation. The eggs re- 

 semble those of the Cedar-bird, but are larger 

 and the marking more blotchy with indistinct 

 edges ; dull bluish blotched with blackish 

 brown; size .95 x .70. Data. Great Slave Lake, 

 June 23, 1884. Nest in a willow 8 feet from 

 the ground. Collected for Josiah Hooper. 

 (Crandall collection). 



Dull bluish 



Bohemian Waxwing 



(J19- CEDAR WAXWING. Bombyeilla cedrorum. 



Range. Whole of temperate North America, breeding in the northern half 

 of the United States and northward. 



These birds are very gregarious and go in large flocks during the greater 



part of the year, splitting up into smaller 

 companies during the breeding season and 

 nesting in orchards or groves and in any kind 

 of tree either in an upright crotch or on a hori- 

 zontal bough; the nests are made of grasses, 

 strips of bark, moss, string, etc., and are 

 often quite bulky. Their eggs are of a dull 

 grayish blue color sharply speckled with black- 

 ish brown; size .85 x .60. Data. Old Say- 

 brook, Conn., June 22, 1900. Nest composed of 

 cinquefoil vines, grasses, wool and cottony sub- 

 stances ; situated on an ap- 

 ple tree branch about 10 feet 

 from the ground. Collector, 

 John N. Clark. This species 

 has a special fondness for 

 cherries, both wild and culti- 

 vated, and they are often 

 known as Cherry-birds. They 

 also feed upon various berries, and frequently 

 catch insects in the air after the manner of 

 Flycatchers. Their only notes are a strange 

 Cedar Waxwing lisping sound often barely audible. 



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