The Bohemian Waxwing 
and again in 1911, with record stations for the latter at Dutch Flat, Galt, 
Tower House, and Helena. Of the last-named Miss Kellogg says: “At 
Helena the birds came into the orchard in the afternoon to feed and roost 
for the night in the trees. They seemed especially fond of the rotten 
apples left on the trees or fallen on the ground, and they showed so little 
fear that it was possible to approach within a few feet of them, and when 
one got too close they would only fly up into the trees near by. They kept 
up an incessant soft twittering noise, and for several days we had excellent 
opportunities for observ ing them at close range.” 
Most notable of all was the invasion of 1919-1920, for during that 
winter the species established the record of furthest south, not only for 
California but for America as well. Swarth saw two birds at Danby, 
some 50 miles west of Needles, Dec. 21, 1919. A little earlier, Dec. 18th, 
he had observed others at El Tovar in the brush of the Grand Canyon of 
the Colorado, in Arizona. Wright M. Pierce found Bohemian Waxwings 
in considerable numbers in January and February, 1920, at Claremont, 
in eastern Los Angeles Count}'. He estimated their number at 150, and 
noted that they consorted freely with the Cedarbirds and that they fed, 
like their congeners, almost exclusively upon pepper berries. Lastly, 
Stephens, on the 29th day of March, 1920, found two dead and badly 
decomposed Bohemian Waxwings on the camping ground at Vallecito, 
eastern San Diego County. Some fool with a gun had shot them and left 
them to rot. Thus in all probability Bombycilla garrula passed to the 
southern extremity of our border during the winter of 1919-20. 
There are also records of two wanderers taken on the Mohave Desert, 
Dec. 31, 1901, and Dec. 13, 1910; so it is altogether probable that the 
bird is of more frequent occurrence than our meager records would bear 
witness. The species is essentially sporadic, both in winter and in 
summer. Indeed, its breeding range was shrouded in mystery for nearly 
a century after the bird had been recognized by science; and it was not 
until the year 1856 that Mr. H. Wolley (founder of Ootheca Wolleyana ) 
discovered the first nests, in Lapland. 
For many years the single eggs taken by Kennicott at Fort Yukon 
on July 4, 1861, remained unique in America; but latterly we are learning 
that it also nests much further south. Mr. Brooks took four sets, one 
from a Murray pine and three from Douglas firs, at 158-Mile House, 
B. C., in June, 1901. 1 Dr. C. S. Moody 2 reports the taking of a set of five 
eggs at Sandpoint, Idaho, July 5, 1904. On June 26, 1904, Robert G. 
Bee, of Provo City, found a nest near Sunnyside, Utah. 2 With such 
examples before us it is not impossible that the species may one day be 
J The Auk. Vol. XX., July, 1903, p. 283. 
Pacific Sportsman,” Vol. 2, June, 1903, p. 270. 
3 The Condor, Vol. VII., July, August, 1905. P- 100. 
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