BiEDS OF Indiana. 



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Nest, in tree, five to twenty-five feet up, or bush, in orchard, lawn, 

 grove, etc.; of twigs, bark, leaves, etc., lined with grass and hair. E^ggs, 

 3-5; blnish-gray, or stone-color, more ot less distinctly spotted with 

 black and dark-brown; .87 by .61. 



Except during the breeding season, the Cedar Waxwings are gre- 

 garious, wandering about the country in flocks, usually of six to twen- 

 ty-five, sometinies of a hundred or more. They roam at will, being 

 ■abundant or scarce in a locality as food is plentiful or scanty. They 

 are resident throughout the State, but vary in numbers, being gener- 

 ally most numerous northward in summer, from early May until 

 October, and southward in winter and during the migrations. 



They are late breeders, nesting through June, July and August. 

 They share this late nesting season with the American Goldfinch. 

 Cedar Waxwings are known as Cherry Birds from their frequent visits 

 to the early cherry trees, and after the early cherries are gone they 

 begin to think about nesting. The nest is usually placed in small 

 trees, bushes and shrubs. They build in the fruit trees in our orchards 

 and yards and in the shade trees along the streets of our towns. 



Mr. L. T. Meyer informs me of taking its nest and five eggs in 

 Lake County as early as June 1. Mr. J. 0. Snyder took a nest and 

 four eggs in Dekalb County, June 37, 1885. I found young at Brook- 

 ville unable to fly July 8, 1897, and a few weeks later — July 30 — 

 found another set of young barely able to fly. Eev. J. F. Clearwatera 

 took a nest containing four fresh eggs near Michigan City, August 



