THIRD WEEK] 



January 



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migration Bohemian chatterers are common all over 

 Europe. At last Lapland was found to be their home, 

 and a nest has been found in Alaska and several others 

 in Labrador. My only sight of these birds was of a pair 

 perched in an elm tree in East Orange, New Jersey; but 

 I will never forget it, and will never cease to hope for 

 another such red-letter day. 



The movements of the cedar waxwings are as uncertain 

 in summer as they are in winter; they may be common in 

 one locality for a year or two, and then, apparently without 

 reason, desert it. At this season they feed on insects 

 instead of berries, and may be looked for in small flocks 

 in orchard or wood. The period of nesting is usually 

 late, and, in company with the goldfinches, they do not 

 begin their house-keeping until July and August. Unlike 

 other birds, waxwings will 

 build their nests of al- 

 most anything near at 

 hand, and apparently in 

 any growth which takes 

 their fancy, apple, oak, 

 or cedar. The nests are 

 well constructed, however, 

 and often, with their con- 

 tents, add another back- 

 ground of a most pleasing 

 harmony of colours. A 

 nest composed entirely of 

 pale green hanging moss, 

 with eggs of bluish gray, 



A WINTER ROAD 



