FAMILY Bombycillidse. 



This was from a bird in captivity, the interval was correct, 

 quite as much so as that of a White-throated Sparrow who 

 sang for me about eight years later, August 2, 1919, the 

 same relative notes in a very high pitch; his key was five 

 sharps, the C sharp of which is just beyond the piano key- 

 board. There is little question about the most charming 

 feature of the songs of our woodland and meadow singers, 

 it certainly lies in the perfected musical interval; we do 

 not stop to think just what the charm really is, but remove 

 that intangible interval and tedious monotony takes its 

 place. 



Family Bombycillidce. 



Bohemian 

 Waxwing 



Bombycilla 



garrula 



L. 8.50 inches 



Winter 



The Bohemian Waxwing belongs to the Arc- 

 tic regions, and in severe winter seasons visits 

 the extreme northern United States, flies as 

 far south as Kansas, Illinois, and Pennsyl- 

 vania, and is an irregular but not uncommon 

 visitor in the central part of New York and of the White 

 Mountain region of New Hampshire. It is a trifle larger 

 than its relative the Cedar Waxwing, and in general color- 

 ing is the same with a few exceptions; the forehead and 

 under tail-coverts (those at the tail roots) chestnut brown, 

 the abdomen gray instead of yellow, the primaries, or long 

 wing feathers tipped with yellow on the outer web, the 

 secondaries, or shorter middle feathers tipped with white; 

 both these colors are very conspicuous even at a distance. 

 Nest and egg similar to those of the Cedar Waxwing, and 

 so far as I have been able to determine the call notes are 

 practically the same, that is, D or E above highest C on the 

 piano key board. 



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