310 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



25, 1916, and another, date unknown, taken in Platte County 

 by Jno. Bryant. 



The Bohemian Waxwing may occur more frequently than is 

 known and students should closely scrutinize and follow up 

 every winter flock of Cedar Waxwings seen in the hope of find- 

 ing it. It is easily distinguished by its much larger size and by 

 the presence of white in the wing. 



BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM Vieillot. Cedar Waxwing. 



Irregular, sometimes common, migrant and winter resident; doubt- 

 ful summer resident. 



The following dates selected from a mass of notes on this 

 bird will show the puzzle of its local occurrence. 



Jan. 17, 1915. Twenty. Apr. 30, 1896. Flock. 



Jan. 26, 1905. Small flock. May 6, 1894. Flock. 



Feb. 4, 1894. Numbers. May 7, 1911. Twelve. 



Feb. 11, 1904. Few. May 20, 1916. Flock. 



Feb. 15, 1917. Eighteen. May 25, 1894. Small flock. 



Feb. 20, 1916. Twelve. May 30, 1904. Flock. 



Feb. 21, 1901. Numbers. May 30, 1916. Twenty-five. 



Mar. 2, 1914. Twenty. Jun. 2, 1894. Few. 



Mar. 5, 1903. Flock. Jun. 4, 1894. Few. 



Mar. 6, 1898. Small flock. Jun. 5, 1907. Few. 



Mar. 12, 1916. Thirty. Jun. 8, 1897. Few. 



Mar. 19, 1915. Forty. Oct. 8, 1916. Forty. 



Mar. 26, 1914. Flock. Oct. 17, 1915. Flock. 



Apr. 4, 1907. Large flock. Oct. 31, 1904. Seventy. 



Apr. 5, 1896. Twenty. Nov. 5, 1893. Flock. 



Apr. 9, 1905. Three. Nov. 13, 1893. Flock. 



Apr. 17, 1905. Flock. Nov. 30, 1916. Two. 



Apr. 28, 1917. Small flock. Dec. 25, 1916. Eight. 



The Cedar Waxwing probably occurs during the three 

 months not given and yet it has never been known to breed in 

 this vicinity. 



Flocks are likely to be met with in any part of the county. 

 They are fond of hackberries, persimmons, wild grapes, choke 

 cherries and many other kinds of wild fruit found here in 

 abundance. 



They sometimes swoop down into the shade trees along the 



