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The waxwing, a colorful dresser, wears a silky black mask crowned by a regal top knot.— thenewsstar.com - Local News
The waxwing is a sub-Arctic bird that breeds in coniferous forests throughout the most northern parts of Europe, Asia and western North America.— WWF - Environmental News
The waxwing was treated with great suspicion in the Middle Ages when invasions would often coincide with bouts of plague, which were of course quite common.— WWF - Environmental News
The name waxwing refers to the bright red bead-like tips of the secondary feathers on its wings, which look like drops of sealing wax but which several hundred years ago were seen as flames from hell carrying all manner of unspeakable epidemics.— WWF - Environmental News
With a particularly elegant plumage, the waxwing has a fine peach-coloured crest, bright yellow tips on its tail feathers and a yellow or white stripe along the wing feathers.— WWF - Environmental News

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