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coverts, white; a short 

 white line from base of 

 under mandible and a 

 very narrow white line 

 separating the black fore- 

 head from the grayish 

 brown crown; primaries, 

 slate-gray; tail, slate- 

 gray, shading to blackish 

 at the ends and tipped 

 with yellow ; shafts of se- 

 condaries and sometimes 

 tail feathers with hard, 

 red, elongated tips re- 

 sembling bits of sealing- 

 wax; the location of 

 these varies, as in B. 

 garrula, and are some- 

 times entirely lacking in 

 apparently adult birds. 

 Immature birds show 

 more or less pale streaks, especially on the breast and sides of body. 

 Length, 6.25 to 7.25; wing, 3.50 to 3.75; tail, 2.20; bill, .34. 

 The Cedar Waxwing or Cedar Bird is a common summer resi- 

 dent in Illinois and Wisconsin and a more or less common winter 

 resident, varying in numbers according to the severity of the season. 

 In the fall they are usually observed in flocks and their peculiar hiss- 

 ing or "wheezy" notes are unmistakable. 



It breeds from June until August. The nest is large, built in a 

 tree and composed of twigs, shreds of bark, leaves, moss, etc. The 

 eggs are from 3 to 5, pale bluish gray, spotted, and marked with dark 

 brown and black, and measure about .88 x .61 inches. 



Cedar Waxwing. 



