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614. Tachycineta bicolor (VieilL). — White-bellied Swallow; 



Tree Shallow. 



West Point, Lincoln, Sioux county, breeds in latter locality (L. Brunei) ; 

 "found but sparingly in Nebraska" (Augbey,); "Summer resident, rare, ar- 

 rives in April" (Taylor); "The whole of North America" (Goss); Omaha — 

 breeds (L. Skow); "a common migrant, but as summer resident not common 

 in vicinity of Omaha, arrives April 10 to May 1, breeds June 1 to 10, departs 

 Sept. 1 to 25" (L S. Trostler). 



615. Tachycineta thalassina (-S'Mjams.). — Violet-green Swal- 



low. 



West Point, Sioux county — breeds in latter locality (L. Bruner); "in west- 

 ern Nebraska, where I found it nesting " (Augbey); " Mentioned by both Baird 

 and Augbey as taken in the summer season in western Nebraska " (Taylor). 



616. Clivicola riparia (Linn.). — Bank Swallow. 



Entire state — breeds in suitable localities (L. Bruner); "Common in eastern 

 Nebraska — breeds (Augbey); " Summer resident, common " (Taylor); "North- 

 ern hemisphere in general" (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt — breeds (A. S. Pearse); 

 Omaha — breeds (L. Skow); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); Gage county 

 — breeds (F. A. Colby); "an abundant summer resident — breeds" (I. S. Trost- 

 ler). 



617. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (u4wf/.). — Rough-winged 



Swallow. 



West Point, Omaha (L. Bruner); "breeding in Richardson county" 

 (Augbey); "summer resident, common " (Taylor); " United States at large " 

 (Goss); Peru, common — breeds (G. A. Coleman); "rare summer resident, a 

 small colony seen nesting in bank of Elkhorn river in western part of Douglas 

 county July 15, 1894" (I. S. Trostler). 



Family AMPELID.ZE. — Waxwings. 



The " waxwings," both the Cedar Bird and Bohemian Waxwiug, 

 feed principally upon berries, etc., which they find throughout the 

 year. Still, in his studies of the food contents of the stomachs of a 

 variety of birds taken in a certain orchard that was overrun with 

 canker-worms, Professor Forbes found that the seven specimens of 

 the Cedar Waxwing had eaten nothing but canker-worms and a few 

 dung beetles — these latter in such small numbers as to scarcely count. 

 The number of caterpillars eaten by each bird ranged from 70 to 101. 



618. Ampelis garrulus Lin7i. — Bohemian Waxwing; North- 



ern Waxwing. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Rare in Nebraska in winter" 

 (Aughey); "Winter resident" (Taylor); "in North America south in winter 



