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PTILOGONYDIN/E, MYIADESTIN^. GEN. 51. 







' Carolina Waxwlnrj. Cedar Bird. Cherry Bird. Under tail coverts 

 whitish ; little or no oraiige-browu iil)out Ijead ; no white on wings ; chin 

 black, shading gradually into the color of the throat; a black frontal, loral 

 and transocular stripe, as in garrulus, Ijut this bordered on the forehead with 

 whitish; a white touch on lower eyelid, feathers on side of under jaw 



white; abdomen soiled yellowish. 6 or 7 long ; 

 wing about 3|. Eastern North America to 

 Hudson's Ba^' ; an abundant bird, irregularly 

 migratory, going in flocks nearly the "whole 

 year ; breeds late (iu June) in orchards and 

 thickets ; the nest is placed in the crotch of a 

 tree ; tlio eggs are 3-4, dull pale bluish, 

 speckled with purplish and blackish. "\'\'ils., 

 i, 107, pi. 7; NuTT., i, 248; Aud., iv, 165, 

 pi. 245; Bd., 318 cedeorum. 



Subfamih/ PTILOOONYDIN^^E. Ptilogonys. 

 no. 5fi. Caroiin., w.axwing. gjjj j^^^^,^ ..^^^ j^^ ^^^ y^^^ subfamily, but slenderer for 



its length ; nasal scale naked ; a few short bristles about the base of the bill. 

 Tarsus scutellate anteriorly, and sometimes also on the sides ; about as long as 

 the middle toe and claw ; hind toe remarkably short. Wings not longer than the 

 tail, much rounded, of ten primaries ; the 1st spurious, less than half as long as the 

 2nd, which is only about as long as the 8th ; point of the wing formed by the 4th, 

 5th and 6th or 3rd quills. Tail long, nearly even, with broad plane feathers 

 {Phceiiopepla) ; or much graduated, with tapering central feathers {Ptilogonys). 

 Head couspicuously crested ; sexes (in our genus) dissimilar ; young not streaked 

 or spotted. There are only two genera of the subfamily as thus restricted 

 — P/icenopepla and Ptilogonys, the latter with two strongly marked species of 

 Mexico and Central America. 



51. Genus PH^NOPEPLA Selater. 

 y Blade Ptilogonys. $ uniform lustrous black ; wings with a laro;e white 

 area, most of the inner web of each primary, except the first, being white ; 

 9 brown, the white on the wings restricted or oljsolete ; yoimg $ gradating 

 between the coloration of both sexes. 7^ ; wing and tail 3^-4. Valley of 

 the Colorado and southwaixl ; a deliglitful songster, though the fact seems to 

 liave been ignored. Ca.ss., 111., 161), pi. 29; Bd., 320, and Rev., 416; 

 Coop., 131 nitens. 



Subfamily MYIADESTm^I]. Flycatching Thrushes. 



Bill as in the last subfamily. Tarsus booted, aud toes deeply cleft, as in Turdida'. 

 Lateral toes very unequal iu length, the lip of the inner claw falling short of the 

 base of the middle. Wings of ten primaries, the 1st spurious, the 2nd about as 

 long as the 6th, the point of the wing formed by the 3rd, 4th and 5th. Tail long, 

 about equalling the wing, double-rounded, being forked centralljr, graduated exter- 

 nally ; all the feathers narrowing somewhat towards the end. Head subcrested ; 



