BOHEMIAN WAXWING. AiG) 
that, canton, one in January 1807, and the other in January 
1814, when they were very numerous, and spent the winter 
there, all departing in March. In 1807 they were dispersed 
over a great portion of western Europe, and were seen near 
Edinburgh in the first day of that year. 
What extent of country they inhabit or frequent in this 
continent, and whether numerous or not, we are unable to 
state. ‘The specimen here figured was obtained, together with 
others, from the north-western range of the Rocky Mountains, 
and the species appears to spread widely, as we have been 
credibly informed by hunters that ‘‘cedar-birds of a large 
kind” have been shot a little beyond the Mississippi, at a very 
ereat distance from the spot where ours were obtained. Thus 
does this species extend its range round the whole earth, from 
the coasts of Europe eastwardly to the Rocky Mountains in 
America, and we are at a loss to conceive why it should never 
have been observed on this side of the Mississippi. 
Very little is known of the peculiar habits of this elegant 
bird. It assembles in large flocks, and feeds on different kinds 
of juicy berries or on insects, which during summer constitute 
its principal food. In common with many other birds, they 
are fond of the berries of the mountain-ash and phytolacca, 
are extremely greedy of grapes, and also, though in a less de- 
gree, of juniper and laurel berries, apples, currants, figs, and 
other fruits. They drink often, dipping in their bill repeat- 
edly. Besides their social disposition and general love of 
their species, these birds appear susceptible of individual at- 
tachment, as if they felt a particular sentiment of benevolence, 
even independent of reciprocal sexual attraction. Not only 
do the male and female caress and feed each other, but the 
same proofs of mutual kindness have been observed between 
individuals of the same sex. This amiable disposition, so 
agreeable for others, often becomes a serious disadvantage to 
its possessor, It always supposes more sensibility than energy, 
more confidence than penetration, more simplicity than pru- 
dence, and precipitates these, as well as nobler victims, into 
