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INSESSORES. 
possessed of no song, its only note being a low mo- 
notonous lisp, scarcely audible at a distance of fifty 
paces. Yet to it is 
given a plumage of 
the most exquisitely 
soft and silky tex- 
ture, which lays so 
close and smooth, 
that the webbings 
of each feather are 
scarcely distinguish- 
able. The head is 
surmounted by an 
ornamental crest, ca- 
pable of being raised 
or depressed at the 
will of the bird. The 
™ * general color of the 
Upper jig. Red-eyed Vireo. plumage is a beau- 
Lower jig. — Cedar-bird. 
tiful fawn, lightest 
upon the lower parts ; a band of velvety black mar- 
gined above and below with white, passes from the 
forehead over the eye toward the hinder part of the 
head. The tail feathers are all broadly tipped with 
bright yellow ) the shafts of each, together with those 
of the secondary quills in the wings, being extended 
in a short appendage very much resembling a small 
piece of red sealing-wax. Those upon the tail are 
seldom found perfect, as they are soon worn off 
among the thick foliage of the cedars. 
The Cedar-birds are very abundant in spring and 
