beautiful creature, which is one of the few crested birds _ 
of the states in almost any corner of our country. This _ 
species is not confined to one region, nor is it always to be 
found where it is supposed to belong, for it is as uncertain 
in its movements as a wandering tramp, here today, gone 
tomorrow, to any part of North America that food and ape | : | 
make attractive. | 
_A first glimpse of the Cadachied may show his size fs | 
be hia that of an Oregon towhee, but delight comes when _ 
the delicate saffrons and pinkish-brown plumage of the bird 
can be seen. The raised crest is marked off from the sooty 
bill by a velvety black space in which the eyes are hidden. : 
. This space is edged with white and resembles a fancy cap : 
which covers the forehead and has a square bow tied under 
the chin. This darling of the birdbooks is easily recognized, 
because so many of its colored photographs are contained in | 
them. There at least, you may feast your eyes on the | 
peculiar scarlet, waxlike tips on the wings, and, possibly, 
on the tail, while the latter is always adorned with a sunny 
yellow border, and the lower part of the body is a turbid _ 
yellow. <A field acquaintance, however, is the only thing 
that can give the daintiness, the featheriness of its beautiful _ 
covering, for no other creature on wings is so soft or so 
exquisite as this pinnacle in bird possibilities. | 
The nest on the hill gave opportunity for study, as four 
_ gray-blue eggs were placed there, and, in spite of the visits 
from a whole neighborhood of bird lovers, the young birds — 
were hatched, and developed ugly pin feathers, and yellow — o 
bills, always open, begging for one more morsel. For two 
weeks they were visited and then they disappeared. It was — 
- hoped they were among the wanderers of that locality, but 
who can recognize the average bird after it has once left __ 
its nest? Often in later years, however, as flocks of cedar — 
_ waxwings in that neighborhood fed in the treetops with the 
western robins, one wondered if descendants of that 
_ venturesome pair were returning to a loved home site. 
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