196 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



slaty, the latter tipped with yellow ; wing-feathers 

 tipped with white and yellow, and sometimes with 

 horny appendages resembling red sealing-wax ; 

 lower tail-coverts, forehead and cheeks cinnamon- 

 rufous ; front of head, streak through eye, chin 

 and throat velvety- black. Young : Plumage much 

 duller than adults, with lower parts streaked with 

 brownish or grayish. 



196. Cedar Waxwing. 



Length about 7 inches, tail about 2J inches long. 

 Similar in appearance to the Bohemian Waxwing, 

 but smaller, and lower tail-coverts white, flanks 

 yellowish-olive, wings plain slate-gray, with or 

 without Avax-like tips, some specimens with red 

 wax-like tips to tail-feathers also. 



197. Northern Shrike. 



Length about 10 inches, tail about 4J inches 

 long. Bill strongly hooked and toothed. Adults : 

 Above, pale ash-gray and whitish, sides of head, 

 wings and tail black, with white markings ; below, 

 white, with breast undulated with grayish. Young : 

 Above, grayish-brown, wings and tail duller black, 

 wing-feathers with brownish-buffy markings, or 

 tipped with pale-rusty ; below, brownish-white, 

 waved with dusky-grayish, or grayish-brown, with 

 darker undulations. 



