Western field . WICARS A STRKNUOUS EXPRESSION(CAROINAlJ . M)H WESTERN FIELD. THE LADY-LIKE CEDAR BIRD(CEDAR WAX WING). gives the bird the name of Recollet inUpper Canada, the early French settlersthinking it resembled the hood of a religiousorder of that name. Their most assertivemarking is the bit of orange and vermilion wax that tips their primaries. Otherwisethey are clothed in soft, silken gray befittingtheir gentle breeding. And what a silentlot! A whole flock will sit sociably in a tallwillow and never utter a sound until theytake flight, then they comment upon yourpresence in soft, sybi

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Western field . WICARS A STRKNUOUS EXPRESSION(CAROINAlJ . M)H WESTERN FIELD. THE LADY-LIKE CEDAR BIRD(CEDAR WAX WING). gives the bird the name of Recollet inUpper Canada, the early French settlersthinking it resembled the hood of a religiousorder of that name. Their most assertivemarking is the bit of orange and vermilion wax that tips their primaries. Otherwisethey are clothed in soft, silken gray befittingtheir gentle breeding. And what a silentlot! A whole flock will sit sociably in a tallwillow and never utter a sound until theytake flight, then they comment upon yourpresence in soft, sybilant whispers whichseems more of an inhaled than an exhaledsound. These pretty creatures are fitting il-lustrations of an old-world gentility andapathy. The characteristic American hurry-up fussiness is quite foreign to their ideasof a genteel existence. Even their nestingseason is postponed until July when thehurly-burly of plebian courtship and marriageis almost at an end. Though a bit dilatory,they do not shirk their parental responsibili-ties and their nests are marve

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