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GLEANINGS FROM NATURE. 



which still exists among certain stages of society, the 

 cedar bird was one of the most common species seen 

 on women's hats. 



In length it measures about seven inches from point 

 of bill to tip of tail. Above, the general color is a 

 cinnamon-brown, paling to slaty ash on the wings and 



Fig. 81 -Cedar Bird. (After Beal.) 



tail, the feathers of the latter being tipped with a band 

 of yellow. A broad stripe of black passes from the 

 nostrils back along the side of the head, and the chin 

 and forehead are also black. The tips of some of the 

 wing feathers, and sometimes also of the tail feathers, 

 bear little oval, flat, leaf-like appendages which re- 

 semble red sealing wax ; while the head is ornamented 



