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Valley. They are quite common among 

 the large bamboos on Mokanshan in 

 Chekiang Province. 



The White-Cheeked Drowgo (Buchanga 

 leucogenys), which is a light gray 

 color, with an oval white spot on each 

 side of the head, surrounding the eyes, 

 occurs as a rare summer visitant in the 

 hills. 



Family, Ampelldae, the Waxwin^s. 



Waxwings have a slightly hooked 

 bill, notched at the tip; the gape is 

 broad ; the nostrils linear, and nearly 

 concealed by soft feathers. 



They are small arboreal birds, with 

 pointed wings in which the outer 

 primary is so small as to be almost 

 imperceptible. They have a crest of 

 soft blended feathers. 



In two species the tips of the 

 secondaries are marked with horny, 

 bright red, wax-like drops, from which 

 they take their popular name. These 

 curious growths seem to serve no 

 purpose except for ornamentation. 



This is a small family of a single 

 genus, and only three species, two of 

 which are found in China, and in the 

 Yangtse Valley 



THE BOHEMIAN WAXWING. 



AMPELIS GAERULUS, L. 



Description. — Length eight inches. 



The general color of the plumage is 

 a dark silky gray, lighter on the lower 

 breast, and abdomen, and suffused with 

 reddish on the crown. Throat black. 

 Under tail coverts chestnut. Tail 

 tipped with lemon yellow. Several of 

 the secondaries are marked with white 

 or yellow at the end, and in adult birds 



