DCHP-3

cherry bird

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum.

Quotations

1823
The following catalogue contains a list of most of the known birds of the Province . . . Cherry Bird . . . Towhe Bird. . . .
1955
The Cedar waxwing is sometimes called the Cherry bird because of its pronounced fondness for this sort of orchard fruit.