CHARACTERS OF AMPELIS CEDRORUM 471 



Kep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 289.— Towns. Journ. Phila. Acad. vlii. 1839, 152.— And. Syn. 1839, 

 165.— Aud. BA. iv. 184-2, 169, pi. 246.— Giraud, BLL 1844, 163.— Thomps. Vermont, 1853, 

 74, &g.—Newt. Zoologist, ix. 1851, 3277 (Cambridgeshire, England).— Jfead, Pr. Phila. 

 Acad. 1853, 391.— Brew. Pr. Best. Soc. iv. 1854, 3-25.—Gloger, J. f. 0. 1854, 175 (nest, &c.).— 

 Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1855, 313.— Pratten, Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 603.— Puin. 

 Pr. Ess. Inst. i. 1856, 213.— Raym. Pr. Phila. Acad. 1856, 292.— .Brj/. Pr. Bost. Soc. vi. 

 1857, 118 (Nova ScoUa) .— Willis, Smiths. Kep. for 1858, 1859, 282 (Nova Scotia).— 

 Bland, Smiths. Kep. for 18.58, 1859, 287 (Bermudas).- Marfms, J. f. 0. 1859, 213 (same).— 

 Gieb. Vog. 1660, 80, Qg.-Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. vii. 1860, 307 (CubA).— Williams, Am. Nat 

 iii. 1869, 384.— Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst. vL 1871. 117. 



Bombycilla carolinaensis, Wailes, Kep. Miss. 1854, 318. 



AmpellS carol inensis, Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 196.— Bp. OA. i. 1850, 336.— Newt. Zoologist,!. 

 1852, 3506 (Cambridgeshire, England). 



Coqnantototl, J^Vrn. " Hisp. 55 ". 



Oiseau lomoM, d'Am^rlque, bappe, Seba, " ii. 66, pi. 65, f. 5 ". 



Chatterer, Gates. "Car. i. 1754, 46, pi. 46". 



Chatterer of Carolina, IJdw. "Glean. 1758, 66, pi. 242". 



Jaseur de la Caroline, 5m/. " Hist. Nat. Oi«.iiL 441".— .Bms. Orn. iL 1760, 337, n. 64. 



Prib Chatterer, Pe^m. AZ. ii. 1785, 346, n. 207. 



Jaseur du cedre, Yi^ill. II. cc.—Le Maine. Ois. Canad. 1861, 219. 



Amerikaniscber Seidenscbwanz, Kaup, 1. c. 



Cedar-bird, Cedar Waxwing, Carolina Waxwing, Cberry-blrd, Authors. 



Hab. — North America at large, to lat. 54° N. or beyoud ; south through 

 Mexico and Central America; Bermudas, Jamaica, and Cuba. Breeds in- 

 differently in its North American range, migrates or rather wanders irregu- 

 larly according to supply of food, and winters in much of the United States 

 as well as beyond. Accidental in England. 



Ch. sp. — <? 5 Crisso albo; abdomine jiavicante ; remigibus 

 fusco-cinereis, innotatis. 



$ 9> adult: General color of the body shading from clear pure ash on 

 the upper tail-coverts and rump through olivaceous-cinnamon into a richer 

 and somewhat purplish cinnamon on the fore parts and head. On the under 

 parts, the color shades through yellowish on the belly into white on the 

 under tail-coverts. There is no demarcation of color whatever on the body, 

 and the tints are scarcely susceptible of adequate description. Frontlet, lores, 

 and stripe through the eye velvety-black ; chin the same, soon shading into 

 the color of the breast. A sharp white line on the side of the under jaw, 

 and a narrower one bordering the black frontlet and lores ; lower eyelid 

 white. Quills of the wings slate-gray, blackening at the ends, paler along 

 the edges of the inner webs; without white or yellow markings; inner 

 quills tipped with red horny appendages. Tail-feathers like the primaries, 

 but tipped with yellow, and sometimes also showing red horny appendages. 

 Bill plumbeous-black, sometimes paler at base below; feet black. Length, 

 6 or 7 inches ; extent, 11|-12 ; wing, 3^3| ; tail, 2^. 



There is comparatively very little difference in the body-coloration. In 

 very high condition, there is sometimes just a trace of whitish tipping on 

 some of the primary quills. 



Young: Brownish-gray, with a slight olive shade; paler below, and whit- 

 ening or becoming slightly yellowish on the belly; everywhere streaked with 

 dingy whitish; the markings most evident on the breast and sides. Wings 

 and tail as in the adults, but usually lacking the red appendages. The vel- 



