The cedar waxwing

Title: The cedar waxwing
LC Subject: Cedar waxwings Waxwings
Repository: Oregon State University. Libraries
Creator: Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Description: This manuscript begins with explaining how bird names are chosen and that it is often connected to food habits or a distinguishing feature of the plumage. In the case of the cedar waxwing, it is named for its fondness for cedar berries and that the tips of its wings look like ceiling wax. The documents goes on to point out the peculiarity of the bird being classified as a song bird as they do not have song. Other topics include where the birds can be found and other similar species.
Work Type: manuscripts (documents) typescripts
Date: 1930/1939
Identifier: mssfinley_series01_box02_folder04_75
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley)
Type: Text
Format: application/pdf
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
Primary Set: Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
Is Part Of: Series 1: Manuscripts; Box 2, folder 7: Manuscripts: Typescripts, circa 1930s
Institution: Oregon State University