554 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. 
Family 59. BOMBYCILLIDAS Waxwings. 
by the prevailing olive plumage, the strongly crested 
with bright yellow. a 
head, and the dark tail, every feather of which is tipped 
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We have but two species, readily separated as follows: @ 
A. Larger, wing over four inches with a conspicuous white @ 
bar; under tail-coverts rich chestnut. Bohemian Ee — 
Waxwing. No. 251. : 
AA. Smaller, wing less than four inches and without ae 
any white; under tail-coverts white or yellowish. Fig. 129. Head and 
Cedar-bird. No. 252. bill of Cedarbirds. 
Birds of this family may be recognized at a glance ~ 
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251. Bohemian Waxwing. Bombycilla garrula (Linn.). (618) 
Synonyms: Northern Waxwing, Big Waxwing, Bohemian Chatterer.—Lanius garrulus, 
Linn., 1758.—Ampelis garrulus Linn., 1766, and most authors.—Bombycilla garrula, 
Vieill., 1817, Bonap., Aud., Nuttall. 
Resembles a very large Cedar-bird, but in addition to most of the 
peculiarities of those birds the Bohemian Waxwing has always two or more 
conspicuous white patches on the wings and often also bright yellow tips 
on some wing-feathers. 
Distribution.—Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. In North 
America south in winter irregularly to Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas, 
southern Colorado and northern California. Breeds north of the United 
States. 
The Bohemian Waxwing is an irregular winter visitor in Michigan, 
coming from the far north in flocks of varying size and most often appearing 
in the latter part of the winter. So far as we can learn it has never been 
abundant, but small flocks have been recorded here and there at con- 
siderable intervals, and single specimens are found in local collections in 
various parts of the state. No doubt the common Cedar-bird is often 
mistaken for this species, the impression being quite general among careless 
observers that the Cedar-bird is not found in Michigan in winter and that 
any waxwing seen must be the Bohemian. 
We have a specimen in the College collection taken on the College campus 
previous to 1894, but the exact date not obtainable. Very likely it was 
taken in the winter of 1879-80, when this species appeared in some numbers 
in most of the northern states, including New York, Michigan, Illinois 
and Indiana. In Illinois a specimen was taken by Prof. 8. A. Forbes (Dec. 
18, 1879) at Villa Ridge, Pulaski county, inabout latitude 37 degrees, the 
most southern record for the United States. Mr. Hazelwood includes it 
in his Port Huron list (manuscript, 1904), but calls it very rare. .Major 
A. H. Boies found it on Neebish Island, in the St. Mary’s River, and we 
have a specimen taken there by him, November 15, 1896. Covert records 
the capture of two males and a female at Ann Arbor on December 12, 
1869. Judge Steere states that it occurs occasionally at Sault Ste. Marie 
in winter, the last date given being 1885. It occurs in most of the older 
