aches the United States; winters south to the northern tier of
states.

This handsome crested, grayish brown Waxwing resembles the common Cedar
Waxwing but is larger (length 8 inches), has a black throat, much white
and yellow on the wing and a yellow tip to tail. Their nests are made of
rootlets, grass and moss, and situated in trees usually at a low
elevation. The eggs resemble those of the Cedar-bird, but are larger and
the marking more blotchy with indistinct edges; dull bluish blotched
with blackish brown; size .95 x .70. Data.--Great Slave Lake, June 23,
1884. Nest in a willow 8 feet from the ground. Collected for Josiah
Hooper. (Crandall collection).

619. CEDAR WAXWING. _Bombycilla cedrorum._

Range.--Whole of temperate North America, breeding in the northern half
of the United States and northward.

These birds are very gregarious and go in large flocks during the
greater part of the year, splitting up into smaller companies during the
breeding season and nesting in orchards or groves and in any kind of
tree either in an upright crotch or on a horizontal bough; the nests are
made of grasses, strips of bark, moss, string, etc., and are often quite
bulky. Their eggs are of a dull grayish blue color sharply speckled with
blackish brown; size .85 x .60. Data.--Old Saybrook, Conn., June 22,
1900. Nest composed of cinquefoil vines, grasses, wool and cottony
substances; situated on an apple tree branch about 10 feet from the
ground. Collector, John N. Clark. This species has a special fondness
for cherries, both wild and cultivated, and they are often known as
Cherry-birds. They also feed upon various berries, and frequently catch
insects in the air after the manner of Flycatchers. Their only notes are
a strange lisping sound often barely audible.

[Illustration 377: Dull bluish.]
[Illustration: Bohemian Waxwing.]
[Illustration: Dull bluish.]
[Illustration: Cedar Waxwing.]

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620. PHAINOPEPLA. _Phainopepla nitens_.

Range.--Southwestern United States and Mexico; north to southern Utah
and Colorado.

This peculiar crested species is wholly shining blue black except for a
patch of white on the inner webs of the primaries. Their habits are
somewhat like those of the Cedar-bird, they being restless, and feeding
upon berries or insects, catching the latter in the air. They make
loosely constructed nests of twigs, mosses, plant fibres, etc., placed
on branches of trees, usually below 20 feet from the