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enoe, was seen and noted in all our daily lists. Near the pond 

 in the vicinity of Sin-yale-a-min Lake, this waxwing was very 

 common, for above the stagnant water it foiind the hovering 

 insects that furnished it a plentiful larder. Though the cedar 

 waxwing has oinly the well-known lisping note with which to ex- 

 press all the scale of its avian emotions, it can vary its utterances 

 of this feeble call to a considerable degree, even to such an 

 extent that it sounds like another note. 



The species was abundant in occurrence at the Crow Creek 

 station and at the foot of Flathead Lake. At the latter place 

 it was resorting to the haw thickets, where it feasted on the 

 swarming insects, catching them among the branches in true 

 warbler-like manner, and lisping its pleasure in the bounteous 

 banquet spread for it by Mother ISTature. 



The cedar waxwing was found nesting in June at the Cedar 

 Islands and in the woods adjacent to the Station grounds. At 

 times it alights on oblique stems of low bushes, flies outward 

 to capture passing insects, and returns to a similar station, 

 acting greatly like a small flycatcher such as Traill's. On 

 August 18 a cedar waxwing was taken which had the bill de- 

 stroyed except the bases, as though the mandibles had been 

 amputated while the bird was yet in the nest. The waxwing 

 is very fond of black haw berries; it will generally swallow two 

 or three berries, and then fly away with another in its bill. 

 Between August 22 and 27, a medium-sized haw tree heavily 

 laden with fruit was completely stripped by the waxwing, with 

 the assistance of a half dozen western robins. Later in August 

 the cedar waxwing was observed feeding on elder berries. 



624. RED-EYED VIRBO, Vireo olivaceus (Linn.) 



Everywhere in our travels we noted the red-eyed vireo as 

 quite common. Regularly we heard its emphatic monitorial 

 long, and caught frequent glimpses of the performer as he 

 gleaned industriously among the foliage near the branches 

 which supported him. During our stay at Sin-yale-a-min Lake, 

 the young vireos recently from the nest were claiming the at- 

 tention of the parent birds, and upon hearing the harsh "gay" 

 . of the elder, we knew that one or more youngsters were crouched 

 in the foliage nearby waiting for some dainty tidbit from the 

 fond parent. This vireo breeds abimdantly in the vicinity of 

 the Station. 



