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unpopulated northern regions, they are upon their first appearance without any fear, 
and for that reason are killed in large numbers. Very truly Brehm remarks in this 
connection: “It occurs that in some winters they come in great numbers, and-remain 
for weeks and months in a locality where otherwise they were seldom seen. This would 
probably happen oftener, were it not that every peasant considers it his prerogative to 
let out his hunting propensities upon these harmless creatures. Their beauty is some- 
thing which these ill-bred, coarse people seem unable to understand or appreciate, and 
they can think of nothing better than destruction.” 
NAMES: Bonemian Waxwinc, Bohemian Chatterer, Northern Chatterer or Waxwing, European Chatterer. 
or Waxwing, Black-throated Waxwing; Waxen Chatterer.—Seidenschwanz (German). 
SCIENTIFIC NAMES: AMPELIS GARRULUS Linn. (1766). Bombycilla garrula Vieill. (1823). 
DESCRIPTION: “Under tail-coverts, chestnut; front and sides of the head tinged with a richer, more 
orange-brown shade; primary wing-coverts tipped with white; each quill with a sharp white (or 
yellowish) stripe at end of the outer web; chin, velvety black in a large, well defined area; narrow 
line across forehead, along sides of head, through eyes, meeting its fellow on occiput behind the crest, 
also velvety black; no white on under eyelid nor across forehead; no yellowish on belly; bill and 
feet, black. 
“Length, 7.75 inches; wing, 4.50; tail, 2.50 inches.” (S. & C., “N. BE. B. L.” I, p- 191.) 
CEDARBIRD. 
Ampelis cedrorum GRAy. 
PLATE V. Fic. 1. 
Nn. OFFERS to people of thought and sentiment innumerable pleasures and 
NS ever new charms. To them, all that is beautiful and enchanting in nature has 
an irresistible attraction. The true lover of nature often seeks to attach to his own 
immediate surroundings any of his special favorites. In the city this can, of course, be 
done only on a small scale, but in the country it is quite easily accomplished if the 
party in question occupies an aesthetic standpoint. He will surround his home with 
flowers, shrubbery, and trees of various kinds, and, in so doing, take into consideration 
not only the fragrant and beautiful blossoms but fully as much the shape, density, and 
hues of the foliage, the graceful forms of the shrubs, trees, and climbers. The arrange- 
ment must be natural, not formal. Trees and shrubs planted in a group appear more 
impressive than if planted in a straight line. Ornamental trees and shrubs, flowers and 
foliage plants belong in front of and on the sides of the dwelling; the orchard and 
vegetable garden should find a place in the rear of it. Gardens in our Northern and 
Western States cannot be so arranged as to appear charming and enjoyable all the 
year, while in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and in California they are always 
attractive, owing to the tropical and semi-tropical plants which especially imbue to those 
regions their charming beauty. Where, as in the Eastern States and southern New 
England, the grand hybrid rhododendrons and azaleas grow, where andromedas and 
