AMPELTD,^ — THE CHATTERERS — AMPELIS. 



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forwarils ami covering tho nostrils, but none alonj; the ricttis. Commissure straight. 

 Culmen and gonvs eurved, convex ; both mandibles notched at tip. Legs stout ; tarsi 

 shorter than the middle toe ; seutellate anteriorly, and slightly on the lower half of the 



A. garrula. 



sides behind ; slightly feathered above. Hind toe shorter than the lateral, ■which are 

 equal. Wings very long, pointed, reaching almost to the tip of the nearly even tail. 

 First primary so short as to be witli difficulty discernible ; the second quill longest. Tips 

 of secondary quills with horny appendages, like sealing-wax. 



Of this genu.s one sj^ecies belongs to tlie northern parts of both the New 

 and Okl World, one is j^eculiar to North America, and a third to Siberia 

 and Japan. 



Ampelis garrulus, Lixn^us. 



THE WAX- WING; THE BOHEMIAN CHATTEKER. 



Ampelis (jarrnhis, Linn.eus, Syst. Nat. 1766, 297. — Bonaparte, 2il List, 1842. In. Consp. 

 1850,336. — iJom5yciy/a i7am(/a, Bonaparte, Zool. Jour. III. 1827, 50. In. Am. Orn. 

 III. 1828, pi. xvi. — Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 237. — AnDucoN, Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 

 462 ; pi. 363. In. Birds Anier. IV. 1842, 169 ; pi. 246. — Baird, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 

 317. Ib. Rev. Amcr. Birds, 405. 



Sp. Ch.\r. Murh crested. General color brownish-ash, with a faint shade of red- 

 dish, especially anteriorly ; the forehead, sides of the head, and under tail coverts, brown- 



