32 C. H. Merriam — Birds of Connecticut. 



1877). A large colony of them is located over the First National Bank, 

 in the center of New Haven. They are abundant at Guilford, Conn., 

 and a single pair breeds on Faulkner's Island, occupying a house 

 erected for them by Capt. Brooks. 



Family, AMPELID^E. 



67. Ampelis garrulus Linne. Bohemian Waxwing. 



A rare, almost accidental, winter visitant. On the 11th of 

 February, 1875, Prof. S. I. Smith saw a large Ampelis which he 

 thinks was, without doubt, A. garrulus. It was in the old wooded 

 cemetery in New Haven. Prof. Smith is familiar with the bird in 

 question, having seen it in Maine. A number of cases of its occur- 

 rence in Massachusetts have been recorded, but the only instance 

 of its capture in this State is that given by J. A. Allen. " It has 

 been taken in Connecticut [near Hartford] by Dr. Wood,"* and the 

 Doctor tells me that he shot them by accident, when firing into a 

 flock of Cedar Birds. "Several were shot on Long Island in 1830 

 and 1832."f 



68. Ampelis Cedrorum (Linne) Sclater. Cedar Bird; Cherry Bird. 



A resident. Generally common. Breeds in orchards and low 

 thickets. Gregarious. Almost the only bird that feeds, to any great 

 extent, on canker worms. 



Family, VIREONID^E. 



69. "Vireo Olivaceus (Linne) Vieillot. Red-eyed Vireo. 



An abundant summer resident, breeding chiefly in high woodland. 

 Arrives during the first week in May (May 6), remaining as late as 

 the first of October (Oct. 2). Superfluously noisy. 



70. Vireo gilvtlS (Vieillot) Bonaparte. Warbling Vireo. 



A common summer resident, breeding in orchards. Arrives before 

 the middle of May (May 7, 1876, Osborne ; 12, 13, 14, 1877.) Coues 

 thus briefly alludes to the habits of this pleasing little songster : " Not 

 born to ' waste its sweetness on the desert air,' the Warbling Vireo 

 forsakes the depths of the woodland for the park and orchard and 



* Notes on some of the Rarer Birds of Massachusetts, p. 25. 1869. 

 f Giraud's Birds of Long Island, p. 165. 1844. 



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