The Cedar Waxwing 
North Carolina. Winters irregularly from about 49th Parallel south to Cuba and 
Panama. 
Distribution in California. — Fairly common but erratic winter visitor, lo¬ 
cally abundant in Upper and Lower Sonoran zones, chiefly west of the Sierras. Three 
known occurrences east of the Sierras and desert divides: Lone Pine (A. K. Fisher); 
Victorville (Mailliard & Grinnell); and Palm Springs, Jan. 29, 1913 (Author). Also 
recorded casually from some of the islands: San Clemente (Grinnell); Santa Cruz, 
April 11, 1915 (Author); Farallons, May 30, 1911 (Author). The migrations are 
desultory and the species lingers into May or even June; but the only established breed¬ 
ing point for the species in California is Eureka, Humboldt County. 
Authorities.—Baird (Ampelis cedrorum), Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., vol. ix., 
1858, p. 318 (San Francisco, winter); Cones, Birds Col. Val., 1878, pp. 451, 470 (bibliog., 
syn., desc., habits, etc.); Beal, U. S. Dept. Agric., Farmers' Bull. no. 54 (revised), 1904, 
p. 38 (food); Davis, Condor, vol. xvi., 1914, p. 182 (Eureka, nesting); Howell, Pac. 
Coast Avifauna, no. 12, 1917, p. 88 (San Clemente and Santa Cruz Ids.). 
OUT OF THE pepper-tree comes a chorus of excited squeaks. The 
passerby pauses to see what the commotion may be, and finds the tree 
Taken in Claremont 
Photo by Wright M. Pierce 
CEDAR AND BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS IN WINTER 
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