CEDAR WAXWING. 
619. Bo mbycilia cedrorum. 7% inches. 
These are a North American bird, and great travelers in 
large flocks all over the country, separating at breeding time, 
and mating up, with a pair or two selecting some orchard 
or suitable locality to remain during nesting time. They 
breed throughout the northern United States and north into 
Canada. Their nests are placed in almost any kind of tree, on 
horizontal limbs, made of twigs, rootlets, string and grass, in 
which they lay usually four eggs of a dull grayish color, spot¬ 
ted with dark brown, mostly about the larger end (.85 x.60). 
PHAINOPEPLA. 
620. Pliainopepla nitens. 7 1 /? inches. 
These are found from central California to Texas and into 
Mexico. In habits they are very much like the preceding, and 
the female is quite similar in looks, while the male is a rich 
shining blue black, with a long pointed crest, and a white 
patch on the wings. Their food consists of insects and small 
berries. They build loosely constructed nests, with a more 
compact lining of plant down. They lay two or three eggs 
of a light gray, spotted with brown (.88 x.65). 
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