. American ornithology for the home and school . Feetblack; eye and bill brownish, the latter shading into black at the tip. General color, grayish brown, the forehead and sides of head, and un-der tail coverts being brighter, almost a reddish brown and the breast atrifle paler than the general color. Wings and tail towards the endblackish. The primaries and secondaries are tipped with white, alsothe primary coverts in very high plumaged birds. Often the primariesare broadly tipped with yellow forming a continuous line when thewings are closed. The throat and a narrow line crossing at the base
. American ornithology for the home and school . Feetblack; eye and bill brownish, the latter shading into black at the tip. General color, grayish brown, the forehead and sides of head, and un-der tail coverts being brighter, almost a reddish brown and the breast atrifle paler than the general color. Wings and tail towards the endblackish. The primaries and secondaries are tipped with white, alsothe primary coverts in very high plumaged birds. Often the primariesare broadly tipped with yellow forming a continuous line when thewings are closed. The throat and a narrow line crossing at the base ofthe bill and extending through the eye,black. The tail is tipped with abroad band of yellow and in the best of plumage, each of the tail feath-ers and also the secondaries, terminate with a red wax-like AND EGGS. The Bohemian Waxwing constructs a large, well built nesrt of leavesand bark and lined with grasses. It is generally located in a cedar orother coniferous tree. They lay four light blue eggs that are speckedwith dark HABITS. This bird, the larger of the two Waxwings that we have in this coun-try is a more brightly attired bird than the common Cedar Waxwing orCherry bird. The Waxwings are very trim appearing birds and theirfeathers have such a soft texture that they look like silk. They are strong flyers but very erratic and no definite localities canthey be stated positively to visit during migrations. Their note is thesame well known lisp or hiss of the common Cedar Bird but is louderin proportion to the greater size of the Bohemian. Their food is saidto consist of berries, or insects taken upon the wing. They generallygo in flocks of about a dozen individuals and appear to take pleasure insitting upright upon the tops of trees from whence they utter their sim-ple and hardly noticeable ditty. I20 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. AMERICAN MAGPIE A. O. U. No. 475. (Pica pica hadsonica.) RANGE. Northern and western North America, from the Plains to the Cas-cade M
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