"Winter Birds of W ebpfcer,N. H.by'F'alco. 
We were induced on the authority of anotlier 
I person to include the Northern Wax-wing, ( Am - 
| pelis garrulus ), in our list published in the Forest 
■ and Stream, but think it somewhat doubtful, 
| probably the Common Wax wing was mistaken 
! for this species, as the observer was not scientific. 
O.&O. X. Jan. 1885. p./^t 
Brief Notes. 
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A flock of Bohemian Waxwings visited 11 s 
on March 12. A. M. Farmer, Amoskeag, N. H. 
0.& O.Vol. 17, April 1892 p. 64 
The Bohemian Waxwing in Vermont in Summer. — It has been my 
good fortune to spend the time from August 7 to the 20th at Willoughby 
Lake this summer. Lake Willoughby, in the town of Westmore in north- 
ern Vermont, about 25 miles from the Canadian border, is a well known 
region to the botanists and ornithologists of New England. On the sandy 
beach at the south end of the lake, between Mt. Pisgah and Mt. Hor there 
are many birches; some are bare, dead trees, while other are well covered 
with leaves. 
While at the beach August 18 a few Cedar Birds were about the trees, 
but on a dead tree, a Black-throated Green Warbler was looking over 
the branches, when what I first thought was a Cedar Bird flew to the same 
tree, and remained there a long time. As I looked at it, it seemed larger 
than a Cedar Bird; then I saw some white wing bars plainly. I watched 
it for twenty minutes or more, and when I left the beach it was still there. 
Since then I have had a dead Cedar Bird in my hand to examine, and 
this bird at Willoughby was certainly larger, and the white wing bars 
(3 I think) were plainly to be seen. There was plenty of time to look at 
the bird, for it remained just where it perched at first as long as I watched 
it, and there were no leaves or branches to hide it. 
I reported this incident to Dr. Walter Faxon of Cambridge, who is famil- 
iar with this region. I take the liberty to quote his reply: “ I do not 
doubt that the bird you saw was the Bohemian Waxwing. The size and 
particularly the white wing-bars would distinguish it from the Cedar Bird.” 
— Anna E. Cobb, Providence, R. I. 
Axik Jan .1915? . p . / o 
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