PLATE XLI. -CEDAR WAXWING. CEDARBIRD. 



Ampelis cedrorum. 



Head crested ; forehead and sides of head black, indistinctly bor- 

 dered with white ; a small white streak under the eye, and a larger one 

 on the lower cheek commencing under the base of the bill ; crest and 

 back of head cinnamon, shading lighter along the back to the rump 

 where it is ash ; chin black shading into cinnamon on breast, that into 

 yellow on belly, and that into white under the tail ; wings dark with 

 red ; horny tips on some of the quills; tail dark, square, with a yellow 

 terminal band and (sometimes) with red, horny tips ; bill and legs dark. 

 Length, 7.15 inches. 



"It wanders about," says Dr. Coues, "according to food supply ; winters in most 

 of the United States." It nests in trees late in the season ; remains in flocks, except while 

 breeding. Its note is a feeble peep. 



