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The cedar waxwing

Creator
Date
  • 1930/1939
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.
Subject
Work Type
Identifier
  • mssfinley_series01_box02_folder04_75
Repository
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Series 1: Manuscripts; Box 2, folder 7: Manuscripts: Typescripts, circa 1930s
Institution
Submission Date
  • 06/26/2017
Modified
  • 10/07/2022
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (17 Mar 2025). The cedar waxwing Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71g2973

MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "The cedar waxwing" Oregon Digital. 17 Mar 2025. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71g2973

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "The cedar waxwing" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-03-17. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71g2973

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71g2973 | title= The cedar waxwing |author= |accessdate= 2025-03-17 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84017617
2 Waxwings http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145805
3 Cedar waxwings http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021599
4 manuscripts (documents) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569
5 typescripts http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028577
6 Oregon State University. Libraries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00020491
7 William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/mss_finley
8 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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