CEDAR BIRDS AND BERRIES 



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EEP sharp eyes upon the 

 cedar groves in mid-win- 

 ter, and sooner or later 

 you will see the waxwings come, not 

 singly or in pairs, but by dozens, and some- 

 times in great flocks. They will well repay 

 all the watching one gives them. The cedar 

 waxwing is a strange bird, with a very pro- 

 nounced species-individuality, totally unlike any other 

 bird of our country. When feeding on their favourite 

 winter berries, these birds show to great advantage; the 

 warm rich brown of the upper parts and of the crest 

 contrasting with the black, scarlet, and yellow, and these, 

 in turn, with the dark green of the cedar and the white 

 of the snow. 



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