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INSFSSORES. 



DENTIROSTnEfJ. 



AMPELWJE. 



THE BOHEMIAN WAXWING. 



Ampelis garrulus, Waxen Chatterer, Penn, Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 418. 



,, ,, Bohemian ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, The Chatterer, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 104. 



Bombycilla garrula, Bohemian Chatterer, Flem. Brit. An. p. 64. 



,, Waxwing, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 268. 



,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 125. 



Bombycivora ,, Waxen Chatterer, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 



Grand Jasetir, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. i. p. 124. 

 Bombycilla ,, ,, ,, ,, Supplt. p. 70. 



Bombycilla. Generic Characters. — Beak strong, short, and straight ; broad 

 at the base ; the upper mandible slightly bent at the tip, and emarginated. 

 Nostrils basal, oval, and open, sometimes concealed by closely set feathers 

 directed forwards. Wings long ; the first or second quill-feather the longest in 

 the wing. Legs and toes short and strong ; the tarsus shorter tlian the middle 

 toe. 



