WAXWING. 9 



The alleged females in collections with V-shaped markings on the primaries 

 are so rare that we may suppose them to be old and barren females which 

 have assumed the male plumage, or it is possible that a mistake in the 

 sexing or labelling may have occurred. Young in first plumage resemble 

 females, but are paler in colour, and are without the black on the throat ; 

 the underparts are streaked, and the wax-like appendages to the-secondaries 

 are few and small. 



