bohemian waxwing. 
tl »'("c 1 fuart ei ? ht ^ lld a half inches; extent, fifteen ; bill, 
°f the mifh.v' S ° 'nch long, black, paler at the base 
nostrils eilt ;.r ndlble ’ "'i des > reddish, often quite red; 
of the bill , ' - y ""covered. From the base of the ridge 
bord ei .; n ,' ln y es > °" each side, a velvety black line, 
region, am! I! !° rehe " d > and spreading on the ophthalmic 
jdso deen bl i ' 0M " dlll g almost the whole crown ; throat 
“ay, behind „ ■ lhe “nferior part of the head is bright 
leathers of >a ? sin " gradually into vinaceous drab; the 
’nrasurino' „„ '? cro 'y u are elongated into a crest 
“•easmintr n ' : elongated into a crest 
leathers bln, i*' / an . ,’ ludl and a half; base of these 
head and W* ’ “ lddle white > "hole neck and hind- 
‘““d and bre V . uule wmte, wnole neck and hind- 
'iuaceous mf' cinereous drab, slightly tinged with 
above and 1,1 pa f ?§' b 7 degrees on the posterior parts 
w >th bluish IvT lnto P ure cinereous, slightly tinged 
lad-coverts’ ti p r® dominates °“ the rump and upper 
{"argingd , le . , ' "l 1 °1 lhe throat, is somewhat 
"jack of ti,,, ' , n c *l hay> and is separated from the 
cinereous T a sl| ght obliterated white line. The 
and lower t-.il 6 b<! y and femorals is paler ; the vent 
feathers vei l chestnut rufous, and the 
.‘ah' inches in i 0 ”^. , e wlll » s measure four and a 
lon ger than tbo?* * 1 6 se cO" d primary is somewhat 
r?Pidly. ti e 11 ® 1 » l |e others decreasing in succession 
}‘he ti le 1 , "PPer tail-coverts are cinereous drab, 
hjack, im, I ? , e lo 'y e y whitish gray; quills, dusky 
The h rs , j 1 a cr °" their inner vane towards the base, 
"bite on „„ U,ISP I )ttcd - the second has a slight mark of 
!" size sue, T Web a f I'P; This mark increases 
Cngitlidiual snot' ?"i 1 10 l°ll 0 "'i' il g, becoming a 
c f which ‘awe fn’rnkb 'i 18 ^ 0 , 1 ' on . the secondaries, four . 
T-ach feather of tl S ' e< - 'i '* ' height red appendages. 
c °nstitutin„a l is broadly white at. tip, 
a Pl>ears to” lie n, <* a e white spot on the wing, which 
8 observable T P T' marie ,?- No yellow Whatever 
long bl iH 1 11 ?■ "*" 8 - . The tail is three inches 
inch da k i, : l '° i i y p|l r t Wlth pale yellow for half an 
huartert of ln 1 f? y at ba S e i Tarse ’ " ''ieh is three 
S Ot an inch long, and feet, black. 
