292 PERCHERS AND SINGERS - 
perfect plumage, is one of the most exquisite perching birds 
I know. It is not gorgeous or resplendent; but in dainty 
prettiness of form, immaculateness of plumage, and delicate 
BOHEMIAN WAXWING. 
refinement in color scheme, combined, it has few equals. The 
red wax-like tip on the end of each secondary feather gleams 
like a ruby. No picture of this bird ever can fairly portray 
its beauties. The Cepar Waxwina or Cepar Birp! of the 
eastern United States is but a fair understudy of its more 
robust and also more beautiful brother of the Northwest and 
1 A. ce-dro’rum. Length, about 7 inches. 
