cedar bird†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum.

Quotations

1873

Be careful, however, not to confound him with the Cedar or Cherry Bird--our summer visitor. . . .

1956

Cedar Waxwing . . . cedar bird (From frequenting red cedars and feeding on their "berries," General). . . .