WAXWINGS. 323

li’zznya—North Ameriea; breeds as far north as British t‘olumbia, Minna sota, and (,‘onneetieut; winters in the tropies.

Washington, common S. 1L, Apl. 5 to Sept. Sing Sing, common 8. 1L, Apl. 17 to Aug. 12.

Aim-l, ot' eoarse masses and feathers, under bridges, in stone walls, or a hole in a bank. [ff/yr, tour to eight, white, '72 x '51.

Rough—winged Swallows resemble Bank Swallows both in habits and appearance. They do not, however, always nest in holes in banks, but are sometimes found nesting,r about bridges, railway trestles and their abut- ments.

With the Bank Swallow this bird dif- fers from our other Swallows in the ab- FIG {la—Section 0" out” Pri‘

. . mary of adult Rough-winged sence of metallic colors. while from the Swallow. (Enlarged) Bank Sy'allow it is to be distinguished by its plain, pale brownish gray, uniformly colored throat and breast, and somewhat slower, less erratic flight.

FAMILY AMPELIDE. VVAXWINGS.

This small family contains the two known species of Waxwings, with which some ornithologists class several peculiar American tropical species whose exact relationships are not thoroughly understood.

618. Ampelis gamllus (Liam). BOHHMIAN \Vaxwmo. Ad.— Forehead, ehin. and line through the eye velvety black; 21 eonspieuous crest: front of erown ehestnut-rut'ous; upper parts rich grayish brown: upper tail- coverts. wings. and tail grayish ; primary eoVerts 1nd seeomlaries tipped with white, the latter with small, red, seed-shaped sealing~wax~like tips; all but the outer primaries tipped with yellow or white on the outer web; end of tail with a yellow band: breast like the back, grayer on the belly: under tail- eoverts C/It’fi't/lIll-l‘tl'f/IUN. 11., 9-00; \V., 4‘30; T.. 9:60: B. from N, "20.

[funyer-Northern parts of the northern hemisphere: in North America south in winter. irregularly, to the northern l‘nited States; recorded from us far south as Kansas. Illinois, and l’ennsylvania.

ALA-I. ot' twigs, roots, moss. ete., in trees. Egg/S, similar in color to those of

. A. ('i’r/I'w'um, ".02 x ‘05.

The distribution of this bird in the. linited States is not unlike that of the. Evening Grosbeak. it is exceedingly ‘are and irregular in the Atlantic States, but. oeem's with some frequency in the northern Mis-

sissippi Valley. In notes and habits it is said to resemble its small .cousin, the Cedar \Vaxwing.

819. Ampelis cedrorum t’ 17,171.}. (‘Etun Waan'o: CEDAR—mun; Calamity-mm). iSeo Fig. .30.) ,lil.Wl:orehead, chin, and a line through the eye velvety blaek ; a conspieuous erest; upper parts rich grayish brown ; upper