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Japanese Chatterer. 



Bohemian Chatterer. 



The Cedar Bird is found in the whole extent between Mexico and Canada, and, during the whole year, is 

 a resident of the United States. " The Cedar Birds," says Wilson, " utter a feeble, lisping sound, and fly 

 in compact bodies of from twenty to fifty; and usually alight together so close on the same tree, that one- 

 half are frequently shot down at a time." In June, when strawberries and cherries abound, they become 

 exceedingly fat, and are in great request by sportsmen. In the western states, at this season, they are best 

 known :is Cherry Birds. 



The Bohemian Chatterer, or Wax-wing, is not confined* to Europe and Asia, but is a native also of the 



northern regions of the American continent. It is about eight 

 inches in length. The general plumage is dull, vinous ash, tinted 

 with iron-red on the cheeks. The secondary quill-feathers are tip- 

 ped with white, each having the shaft prolonged, and furnished 

 with a small, horny, scarlet appendage, like a little, flattish-oval 

 head of red sealing-wax, whence the name " wax-wing." These 

 appendage* are found on the majority of the birds which compose 

 the family. 



The Japanese Chatterer is a newly discovered species, differing 

 from the Bohemian and the Cedar Bird in the nakedness of the 

 nostrils, in the length of the crest, and in the entire absence of the 

 wax-like appendages to the^vings. The Japanese Islands, as far 

 as we know, appear to be the native territories of this bird. Of 

 its habits we have no definite details. The crest is long, composed 

 above of feathers of an ashy-reddish color, with an inferior layer 

 of black plumes. The general hue of the rest of the plumage is 

 of a brownish-ash, traversed by a red band across the wings. 



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