2o8 PASSERES: Perching Birds 



ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW 



(617. Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 5 in. 



Grayish brown above, with darker wings and tail; brownish 

 gray below, belly white. 



A very dull-colored and inconspicuous bird. The character- 

 istic white belly is distinctive when seen from below. 



FAMILY WAXWINGS 



A family of only two American species, possessing a most 

 unusual combination of distinctive characters: Plumage silky; 

 tall crest; wax-like appendages on secondaries, etc. 



CEDAR WAXWING 



(619. Bomby cilia cedrorum) 7 in. 



Plumage a soft, grayish brown, nearly uniform except for 

 yellowish belly; head crested; face and stripe through eye velvety 

 black; white splash below eye (on base of lower mandible); tail- 

 tip bright yellow; tips of secondaries with slender appendages 

 like red sealing-wax (hence the name). 



Feeds extensively on wild berries. In its breeding-range is 

 known locally as "cherry-bird." 



Note: A soft "cre-e-e," uttered usually in flight. 



BOHEMIAN WAXWING See Appendix. 



(618. Bombycilla garrula) 8 in. 



FAMILY SILKY FLYCATCHERS 



Very slender; long-tailed; tall-crested; mostly shining black. 

 The Phainopepla is our only representative. Nearest related to 

 the Waxwings. 



PHAINOPEPLA 



(620. Phainopepla nitens) 7^ in. 



Male: Shining black; white wing-patches conspicuous in flight, 

 but hardly visible otherwise; a thin, high crest. 



Female: Brownish gray, unmarked except gray edging on 

 wings and white wing-spot (smaller than in male) ; under parts 

 lighter. 



A species of unusual distinction, in color, shape, and habits. 



