PERCHING BIRDS 
WAXWINGS. Eamily AMPELID^E 
0’18. Bohemian Waxwing. Bombycilla 
gar r ulus 
Range. — Breeds in the Arctic regions except 
in the Rockies where it nearly reaches the 
United States; winters south to the northern 
tier of states. 
This handsome crested, grayish brown Wax- 
wing resembles the common Cedar Waxwing 
but is larger (length 8 
inches), has a black throat, 
much white and yellow on the 
wing and a yellow tip to tail. 
Their nests are made of root- 
lets, grass and moss, and sit- 
uated in trees usually at a 
low elevation. The eggs re- 
semble those of the Cedar-bird, but are larger 
and the marking more blotchy with indistinct 
edges; dull bluish blotched with blackish 
brown; size .95 x .70. Data. — Great Slave Lake, 
June 23, 1884. Nest in a willow 8 feet from 
the ground. Collected for Josiah Hooper. 
(Crandall collection). 
Dull bluish 
Bohemian 
W ax wing 
(5 1 9. Cedar Waxwing. Bombycilla cedrorum. 
Range. — Whole of temperate North America, breeding in the northern half 
of the United States and northward. 
These birds are very gregarious and go in large flocks during the greater 
part of the year, splitting up into smaller 
companies during the breeding season and 
nesting in orchards or groves and in any kind 
of tree either in an upright crotch or on a hori- 
zontal bough; the nests are made of grasses, 
strips of bark, moss, string, etc., and are 
often quite bulky. Their eggs are of a dull 
grayish blue color sharply speckled with black- 
ish brown; size .85 x .60. Data. — Old Say- 
brook, Conn., June 22, 1900. Nest composed of 
cinquefoil vines, grasses, wool and cottony sub- 
stances; situated on an ap- 
ple tree branch about 10 feet 
from the ground. Collector, 
John N. Clark. This species 
has a special fondness for 
cherries, both wild and culti- 
vated, and they are often 
known as Cherry-birds. They 
also feed upon various berries, and frequently 
catch insects in the air after the manner of 
Flycatchers. Their only notes are a strange 
Cedar Waxwing 
lisping sound often barely audible. 
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