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Nuttall in speaking of the Cedar-birds says : " an eye-wit- 

 ness assures me he has seen one among a row of these birds 

 seated upon a branch dart after an insect, and offer it to his 

 associate when caught, who very disinterestedly passed it to 

 the next ; and, each delicately declining the offer, the morsel 

 has proceeded backwards and forwards before it was appropri- 

 ated." 



(d). The " wheezy" lisp of the Cedar-birds seems to be the 

 only sound which they emit, throughout the year, and they 

 often utter it when on wing. Dr. Brewer says of a young 

 cage-bird that " besides its low lisping call, this bird had a reg- 

 ular faint attempt at a song of several low notes, uttered in so 

 inaudible a tone that it would be almost inaudible at even a 

 short distance." 



The Cherry-birds are certainly handsome, particularly if 

 their crest be raised, though they possess but little bright color- 

 ing ; and there are probably few birds who find a readier sale 

 at the country taxidermist's than these. In regard to their 

 habits, they are perhaps uninteresting; but their manner of 

 flight, when in parties, is nearly unsurpassed. 



(B) GARRULUS. Bohemian Waxwing. Northern Waxwing. 



(A Northern bird, of which, so far as I know, no specimen 

 has ever been obtained in this State.) 



(a). 7-8 inches long. Like (A), except as follows. Brown, 

 partly orange-tinted. With white on the wings, but little on 

 the head ; and with no yellow on the belly. Under tail-coverts, 

 chestnut-red. 



(b). These birds never breed in the United States, or at 

 least the southern portions. The eggs are described by Dr. 

 Brewer as measuring about 1-00 X '70, or less. They are of a 

 color varying " from a light slate to a yellowish stone-color," 

 and are much spotted, chiefly with some dark purplish shade. 

 They are considered very rare. 



(c) . The Waxwings are of very rare occurrence in the east- 

 ern United States, being habitual residents of the North and 

 West, but they have occasionally wandered so far to the south- 



