bohemian waxwing. 
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Genus VII. — BOMSYCILL A , Vieill. 
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ByCILLA BABHULA, VIEILL, BOHEMIAN WAXWING. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE XVI. FIG. II. 
pean anfnvil 811 ^ tbeor y advanced by Buffon, that Euro- 
in other ‘,. e S enera t e , or become more or less changed, 
refutation !c a uec ded in our time any additional 
Western ter .7* < l ' scovor y of this bird on the north- 
affordit 1 ! '. 0r - v ’ “oar the Rocky Mountains, would 
exactly simi'T a PP p arin<r j u its full s i ze ail< | perfection, 
s P e cies w ar 7 0 the European individuals of its 
ooniino’n an, I 'i U ( , ^vindicate its smaller relation, the 
degeneracy a " 1 “ | ar cedar bird, from the reproach of 
that non- U1 . ", itl1 tbe Iuore enlightened opinions 
Portion of ttf'i occurrence in that unexplored 
solve thp ' m " ooe > s important chiefly as tending to 
1-i 0U8 wander . ° f tl * e P la(:e of abode of this myste- 
Whikst we wo* ’ '^Pocially as, by a singular coincidence, 
"as receivoa 'i° Pf? c ‘aiining this species as American, it 
a new sn , Temminck from Japan, together with 
has caused t third known of the genus, which he 
appronriwe „° be hgured and distinguished by the 
Besides the ,• 7 t °! Hombycilla phcenicoptera, Boid. 
is derived tt 1 Jan< , across the wing, whence its name 
feathers '11 eDSt v ° f i,s crest adorned with black 
oorneong Zi l Umf °T ? bse «oe, in all states, of the 
resemblintr m,,,!' a ^ 6S - 0< t le wings, this new species, 
,r i»“(5,rt. i" t , R1Ze ; uul sl «pe the Carolina wax- 
idiguished from hnthT * 10 P. reseut > is eminently dis- 
feathers LmveHmr t ^ 7“°^ th « small, closely set 
of the characters of tlm eei ’’ xtis'ex “ °" C 
» K L°/ SUCh 1 7 |,0rtau “ c as to induce him to unite 
as ‘d S *^°.?’“ S ’ ( C0 “P r ehending this as well 
it. i tsh er distinct groups,) all the species possessing 
Curate h ™. erroneous it is to form two 
1 ate families for the allied genera with covered or 
