. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. X. WAX WINGS. 103 FAMILY X. WAXWINGS () This very small family of birds includes two of our crested, smooth-plumaged, rich grayish-brown species, with short, square, yellow-tipped tails and long wings. The waxwings practically have no song, and their notes are so quietly uttered as to be by many unnoticed. The name " waxwing" is derived from the fact that the secondary wing quills, and sometimes the tail feathers, are tipped with ho
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. X. WAX WINGS. 103 FAMILY X. WAXWINGS () This very small family of birds includes two of our crested, smooth-plumaged, rich grayish-brown species, with short, square, yellow-tipped tails and long wings. The waxwings practically have no song, and their notes are so quietly uttered as to be by many unnoticed. The name " waxwing" is derived from the fact that the secondary wing quills, and sometimes the tail feathers, are tipped with horny appendages resembling red sealing wax. Key to the Species * Under tail coverts chestnut; wing bar white. .1. Bohemian Waxwing. * Under tail coverts white ; no wing bar 2. Cedar Waxwing. 1. Bohemian Waxwing (618. Ampelis gdrrulus). — A rare, distinctly crested, rich brown-backed, grayish-bellied bird, with the under tail coverts chestnut and the tail feathers tipped with yellow; having a white wing bar, white tips to the secondary quills, and a brown- ish breast. The fore- head, chin, and line through the eye are black. (X o r t h e r n Waxwing.). Bohemian "Waxwing Length, 8 ; wing, 4i (4§-4§) ; tail, 2|; tarsus, f; culmen, j\. North- ern parts of the northern hemisphere ; breeding north of the United States, and wintering rarely south to Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Kansas. 2. Cedar Waxwing (619. Ampelis cedrdrum). — A common, distinctly crested, rich brown-backed, yellowish-bellied wax- wing, with the under tail coverts white, and all the tail feathers tipped with yellow. There is no wing bar. The breast is like the back and the forehead; the chin and the line over the eye are black. These smooth-plumaged birds move, excepting in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Aust
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