this bird, because opera glasses confuse size and judgment, 
and a bird which at one moment seems as large as an eagle 
may the next be so small that it can scarcely be found. 
Yet, if you do find a waxwing a half inch or so larger than 
usual with no yellow on its stomach region, with wings 
having white bars and yellow tips on larger feathers, while 
the yellow-tipped tail has a rufous lining, you are pretty 
safe to enter Bohemian in your notebook, and zo home to 
verify your decision. 
Three different times have hes invaded Puget sane 
cities in large numbers, although they are often winter | 
residents east of the Cascade Range. In the first week of 
1917, residents of the various suburbs of Tacoma and Seattle - 
began telephoning to the schools and newspapers inquiring 
about the vast numbers of strange birds which were being 
seen and many odd theories arose as to the cause of their 
visit. On the hills and the beaches, in the yards and the 
parks, on the ground and in the trees, the birds were there 
by hundreds, feeding on the berries of the madrone and the 
mountain ash. Who could tell whence they come or where 
they were going? They lit on dead trees, and winter 
vanished while autumn came again, clothing in softest 
colors the bare cold branches. | 
The flocks came and went about the cities for several 
weeks. January 21st a telephone call told a teacher that a 
large number of these beauties were about the pumping 
station on Lake Washington in Seattle. A helpful Ford — 
rushed two enthusiastic women across the city. From the 
bridge where the road winds down to the lakeshore, was. 
: caught the first glimpse of this throng of birds. 
Several ancient monarchs of primeval days still rear 
their heads there above the surrounding trees and on this day 
they wore a strange covering of feathers. A pair of glasses 
brought near the soft brownish bodies of the Bohemians, 
with their crests so daintily erect, and the striking white 
-and sulphur yellow blotches on their wings. With them 
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