AMPELIDA. — CLXX. 293 
502. CLIVICOLA Forster. (Hat., clivus, cliff; colo, I inhabit.) 
945. C. riparia (L.). Bank SwaLtitow. Sanp MarrTIn. 
Dark gray, not iridescent, pale below, a brown shade across the 
breast. L. 438. W.4. T. 2. N. Am., abundant, breeding in 
holes in sandbanks. (Eu.). (HLat., of the bank of a stream.) 
503. STELGIDOPTERYX Baird. (oredyis, scraper ; 
mrepv&, Wilg.) 
946. S. serripennis (Audubon). RovuGH-wiNGED SwALLow. 
Brownish gray, pale below. L.54. W.43. T. 21. U.S., com- 
mon W., breeding in banks, ete. (Lat., serra, saw; penna, feather.) 
Famity CLXX. AMPELIDAX. (THe CHATTERERS.) 
Primaries 10, or apparently 9, the first in our species rudimen- 
tary and displaced; bill stout, triangular, depressed, decidedly 
notched and hooked, with the gape very wide. ‘Tarsus short, with 
the lateral plates more or less subdivided, their covering often un- 
like that of the other Oscines ; lateral toes nearly equal. As now 
recognized, a small family of 6 or 8 species, constituting two groups 
which bear little resemblance to each other. 
The Ampeline includes the three species of Ampelis. ‘They are 
crested birds with a soft plumage of a handsome’ cinnamon drab 
color; the ends of the secondaries, and sometimes of the tail feathers 
also, are tipped with horny appendages, looking like red sealing- 
wax; these often absent in 9. The tail is tipped with yellow or 
red. The Wax Wings are migratory and gregarious, feeding on 
insects and soft fruits. Their voices are weak and wheezy, and 
they can scarcely be considered as songsters. 
a. Wings pointed; tail short, truncate; primaries apparently 9; the first very 
minute; no rictal bristles; nostrils concealed by bristles. (Ampeline.) 
AMPELIs, 504. 
504. AMPHELIS Linneus. (Lat., name of some bird frequenting 
grape-vines. ) 
947. A. garrulus L. BoHEMIAN Wax WING. NORTHERN 
Wax Wina. General color a soft silky, ashy brown; front and 
sides of head shaded with purplish cinnamon; a pale-edged black 
band across forehead through eye, around crest; throat black; 
crissum chestnut red; two broad white wing bars. L. 74. W. 44. 
T. 38. Northern regions, S. in winter in large flocks to the Great 
Lakes; an interesting and beautiful bird. (Eu.) 
948. A. cedrorum (Vieillot), CeEpAr Brrp. CHerry Brirp. 
Similar but smaller and less cinnamon-tinged ; chin black; strip 
across face black, bordered above by whitish; belly yellowish pos- 
teriorly ; crissum white; no wing bars; 9 with the wax-like ap- 
