FAMILY AMPELIDyE. 



AVAXWINGS AND CEDAR BIRDS. 



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FAMILY AMPELID^. 



Waxwings and Cedar Birds. 



Bill, without notch ; head, with crest ; primaries, ten ; tarsus, shorter 

 than middle toe and claw; a black stripe from forehead through the eye; 

 inner primaries and tail feathers, often tipped with little hard red bits, like 

 minute drops of sealing wax. 



Cedar Bird. 



Upper parts, grayish 

 brown ; crown and 

 breast, pale choco- 

 late brown; a black 

 streak ia front of 

 eye ; tail, tipped 

 with }-ellow ; belly, 

 j-rllowish; wing, 

 less than 4.20 

 inches long. 



Cedar Waxwing. 



Cedar Bird. 



Cherry Bird. 



Ampelis cedoriim. 

 See No. 400. 



Qeneral plumage, pale chocolate 

 brown; foi'ohead, tinged witli rufous; 

 chin, black ; uuder tail coverts, rufous ; 

 tail, tipped with yellow ; wing, over 

 4.20 inches long. 



Bohemian Waxwing. 

 Ampelis ijamilus. 

 See No. 465. 



