138 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 

 63. CEDAR WAX WING 



Bombycilla cedrorum 



Cedar Waxwings, or Cedar-birds, are 

 usually seen within the Garden each season. 

 Some years three or four small flocks have 

 come in succession. Other years a single 

 bird only has appeared. In 1907 no record 

 of the species was obtained. The largest 

 flock which has been noted was one of thirty 

 birds on May 26, 1905. Twenty birds were 

 seen on May 25, 1904. Most of the occur- 

 rences of the species have been in May. 

 Once, on March 14, in 1902, a flock of six 

 birds appeared. There have been but three 

 appearances in April. Little disposition to 

 remain in the Garden has been manifested. 

 Indeed, in several instances a small flock has 

 dropped in for a few minutes only. But as 

 the Waxwing is a silent bird except for a lisp- 

 ing call which cannot be heard at much dis- 

 tance from it, and as the visits have proven 

 fleeting, it is quite likely that more birds of 

 this species have visited the Garden in the 

 series of years than have attracted atten- 

 tion and been noted. 



