PASSERES— AMPELID.E 87 



AMPELID^. 



Feathers silky and rich; crest loose and long; wings long 

 and pointed; tail short and square; allied to Shrikes and 

 Flycatchers. 



Ampelis. 



Frequent pine-woods, breed in colonies in uncertain places 

 in north of Europe, Asia, and America; wander at other 

 seasons; food, insects and berries; nest in trees; eggs pale 

 blue or sometimes pale pinkish with pale purplish shell 

 markings and black surface spots. 



Ampelis garrulus garrulus (L.). Waxwing. Fi: Jascur 

 de Bohcme ; Gc}\ Seidenschwanz ; Ital. Beccofrusone ; Sii<cd. 

 Sidensvans. 



^ Crested ; above grey brown ; lores, supercilium, and 

 throat black ; tips of outer webs of primaries and of tail yellow ; 

 tips of secondaries white with red wax-hke tips to shafts ; under- 

 parts grey, reddish on breast and flanks ; under tail coverts 

 chestnut. Bill black, paler at base. Legs and feet black. 

 Wing 1 12- 1 19. Tarsus 19-21. Bill 10-12. ^ resembles $ but 

 yellow at tip of tail narrower and paler and on primaries much 

 paler ; wax tips of secondaries much reduced. Wing 110-119. 



Breeds. — Circumpolar. In Sweden south to about 65°. 

 Irregular as to breeding quarters and winter movements ; often 

 in winter large numbers through Europe and British Isles, south 

 to N. Italy. Accidental in Spain, Malta, Iceland and Faroes. 



PYCNONOTID^. 



Thrush-like; wings rounded; ist primary long. Mostly 

 in Oriental and Ethiopian regions. 



Pycnonotus. 

 Brown birds about 8' long, with some hair-like shafts on 

 hind head; sexes alike; gregarious except in breeding season; 

 nest in bushes or low trees; eggs greyish or pinkish white 

 marbled and spotted with red or reddish brown surface spots 

 and purplish grey shell markings. 



