. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 154 SINGING in i CKDAR WAXWING. CEDAR UlKli CllEKKV BIRD. , . CEDROkUM. Char. Prevailing color cinnamon brown or fawn color, chanpinp to ashy on rump and yellowish on the belly; chin and line across forehead and through eyes, rich black ; wings and tail slaty ; tail tipped with yel- low: secondaries sometimes with red, wax-like appendages Head wiili long, pointed crest. Length Gyi to 7^^ inches. .\W/. In a tree ; large and loosely made of twigs and grass, lined
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 154 SINGING in i CKDAR WAXWING. CEDAR UlKli CllEKKV BIRD. , . CEDROkUM. Char. Prevailing color cinnamon brown or fawn color, chanpinp to ashy on rump and yellowish on the belly; chin and line across forehead and through eyes, rich black ; wings and tail slaty ; tail tipped with yel- low: secondaries sometimes with red, wax-like appendages Head wiili long, pointed crest. Length Gyi to 7^^ inches. .\W/. In a tree ; large and loosely made of twigs and grass, lined with g^a^s, hair, or Zf^/. 3-5 ; bluish white spotted with lilac and brown; X This common native wanderer, wlucli in summer extends its migrations to the remotest unpeopled regions of Canathi, is also found throughout the American continent to Mexico, and parties even roam to the tropical forests of Cayenne. In all this extensive geographical range, where great elevation or latitude tempers the climate so as to be favorable to the production of juicy fruits, the Cedar Uird will probably be found either almost \.-holly to reside, or to pass the season of reproduction. Like its European representative (the Waxen Chatterer), it is capable of braving a considerable degree of cold ; for in Penn- sylvania and New Jersey some of these birds are seen through- out the winter, where, as well as in the early part of the summer and fall, they are killed and brought to market, gen- erally fat. and much esteemed as food, .^ilky softness of plumage, gentleness of disposition, innocence of character, extreme sociability, and an innate, inextinguishable love of freedom, accompanied by a constant desire of wandering, are characteristic traits in the physical and moral portrait of the second as well as the preceding species of this peculiar and extraordinar}' genus. Leaving the northern part of the continent, situated beyond the 40ih degree, at the approach of winter, they a
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