bohemian waxwing. 73 
^positiorw/^ 8 ^ reet *' n 8' season ; and so social is their 
Jhey colleeHn a u aS S ? ou , as . the young are able tolly, 
aood. Xhe . ,o e oaous from the whole lieighbour- 
and ii're(,|i|/,^!' l , ", rni ex 'tensive journeys, and are great 
simple n,,l ' "anderers. Far Irom being shv, they are 
linen *" a ea«il„ „.i , . , ,, s . ■> 
"■■“pic and onug any, mey are 
linemen t *7 i SI / famed, but generally soon die in con- 
°n which the "e' ' 0<H ^ consists chiefly of juicy fruits, 
orchard wwL a , n > but to the great detriment of the 
fruits 
1 euits are s ,. ere 1 commit extensive ravages, vv n 
^oxterousi j < T’ C fj seize u l Km insects, catching the 
the Uvcatehe tU °N aan>e lui " nu ’ r as their distant relativ 
When 
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*lycat(;herc XT • UlOVttUtICItfHVCB 
[or tlieso hi,./ ISo name cou ^ ( l bo more inappropriate 
less noisy l an °1 chatterers, as there are few 
«‘uch better p. th< ‘ y mi *8’ ht ovmi be called mute with 
111 a year *\u. ?T2 Q ‘ Thc ^ bl “ ld in treeB > and lay, twice. 
Whoiic J ° l,t bve eggs. '" s ' 
l°ng and irrp?r° 8 i tbe Bohemian wax wing come at the 
does it reti + ar P e **iods of its migrations? Whither 
progeny? t? to l ,nss its existence and give birth to its 
!in d which > e i° ai ° oiroumstances involved in darkness, 
^Oortain n , , not been given to any naturalist to 
ol. probabilit, *?, een stated, and with much appearance 
within tin. .’!•*' fhese birds retire during summer 
fflfnralists ,,',V ' I lr( '* e > hut, the fact is otherwise, 
that they arr. 10 laV .° ex P* ore d these regions asserting 
frmperate rai( ’ r a ' u f more accidental there than in 
Place of •>), Ar | inia . ca ’. f f't'oois probable that their chief 
;U| «1, if ls ij> the oriental parts of the old continent, 
8ttr prised if !?‘ V lmari ‘. an opinion, we should not be 
Centr-i . • le extensive and elevated table land of 
■ utrul Asia ' All l 'sive and elevated table laud of 
SSt-f. like the t" rtt: r !!'!! ZV 0 V S > 
their irreo-nbir ,,'v * n former times, they make 
•.regular excursions. ■ 
O hservino- tll f a "* u ' “t the truth in this matter by 
flfldeuvour £ H U - d C P. froting- localities, we shall 
“ortheriT l/ v° "? ", lth tllc greatest accuracy. In 
they US81a ’ au< the extreme north of Norway, 
observed JT® “ ?. reat , uumher * evc -y winter, being 
northern a "''' 01 T 1,er than 111 temperate countries. In 
Asia and eastern Europe their migrations are 
