142 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



The bank selected for the nest is usually a small one, often in 

 the woods or at the roadside, seldom near the water. Usually only 

 one pair, and very rarely more than two, are found breeding at 

 one place, but a colony of at least ten birds was found in New 

 Haven, June 24, 1907 (A. A. S.). As a rule these swallows nest 

 alone, though one pair was found breeding in a colony of Bank 

 Swallows (J. C. A. j\I., 1904). 



This Swallow has been seen in New Milford (E. H. Austin) 

 and in Kent (H. K. J.).^ A female, and three young just be- 

 ginning to fly, seen at Portland, July 13, 1888, by J. H. S. 



Family BOMBYCILLID^. Waxwings. 



Bombycilla garrula (Linnseus). Bohemian Waxwing. 



Connecticut records. Feb. ii, 1875, New Haven, one seen (?) 

 (Smith) f Merriam further records^ that Dr. Wood of East 

 Windsor Hill shot one by accident while shooting into a flock of 

 Cedar Birds (specimen now in Atheneum collection, Hartford) ; 

 fall, 1899, Torrington, one shot from a flock of Cedar Birds (in 

 possession of Hochstein).^ 



Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot. Cedar Waxwing. 



A tolerably common summer resident and irregular winter 

 resident, often abundant in the migrations from March to May, 

 and from September to November. 



Earliest record. New Haven, ]\Iarch 2, 1904; Portland, 

 INIarch 7, 1878. 



Latest record. New Haven, Nov. 22, 1900; Portland, Oct. 

 9, 1892. 



Winter records. New Haven, Dec, 18S1, Jan., Feb., Dec, 

 1882, Jan., 1900, 1902; Portland, Jan., 1884, Dec, 1885, Jan., 

 1886, Feb., 1887, 1893, 1895. 



Nest. Most frequently in an apple or cedar growing in open 

 country at from 10 to 15 feet from the ground; made of dead 

 twigs, which the bird has once been seen to break off from the 

 lower limbs of a tree. 



Eggs. 4-5 ; late in June. 



1 Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 305. 

 ' Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 32. 



