44 G OIJNITIIOLOGY. 



STKLfllDOrXKIIYX SEKKIPKNNIS. 



Roiiu;!i-\vg3i^f<I Swallow. 



rinumht scrri-jHiuiis, Aruiiio.N', Orn. Biog;., IV, IS.'JS, '}<).\. 



Votylc ncrrijicnnis, liONAl'., Coiisp. Av., I, 1830, .ilL'.— liAlUD, 15. N. Am., ISoS, 313 ; 



Catal., 1850, No. 2;30.— Cooper, Orn. Ual., 110. 

 SteI<iiiloi,lenj.r scrripcnnis, I'.aiud. IJevii'w Am. B., ISCj, .'510.— CouES, Key, 1872, 



111; Check List, 1S7.-5, No. IIU; 15. N.W., 1874, 00.— B. B. & 11., lli.st. N. Am. 



B., I, 1874, 350, pi. XVI, fig. 12.— IlENSllAW, 1875, 219. 



Next to the ClifF and Wliite-bellied Swallows, this was the most abun- 

 dant .sj)ecies of the family. It was found only in tlR' river- vallcvs, hdwevor, 

 or in the lower ravines of the niountain.s, where, in company with the Uaiik 

 Swallow, it excavated the earthy banks or took possession of holes <\[\'^- ],v 

 the Kingfisher (Ceri/le akijon). Its habits in general are quite similar to 

 those of the species with which it so freely associates. 



Lint of specimens. 



r,?,4, 9 ,i<l.; Cansoii City, Nevada, April 25, 1SG8. yi— ll.^— Ij^— U- liiH, black ; 

 iri'S liistcr; tarsi and toes, dark horn sepia. 



not, 9 ad.; Salt Lake City, Utali, June 21, 1809. 5— lU. Bill, deep black ; iris, 

 brown ; feet, black. 



1109, eggs; valley ot Weber liiver, June, 1809. [J. C. Olmstead.j 



Family AMrp]LID.E— Wax-wings or Cuattekers. 

 Ampelts cedrorum. 



Co«l:ir-bii«I. 



Bomhycilla cedrorum, ViElLLOT, Ois. Am. Sept., 1, 1807, 88, ))!. 57. 



Ampclis cedrorum, ScLATER, Prr^c. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1850, 299.— P.Aiiin, Birds N. 



Am., 18.58, 318; Catal., 1859, No. 233; Review, 1800, 407.— Cooi>i;u, Oin. 



Cal., 12!).— CoiiES, Key, 1872, 115, pi. 5(i; Check List, 187.5, 110; Birds N.W., 



1874, 03.— B. B. & R, Ili.st. N. Am. Bird.s, I, 1874, 401, pi. xviii, fig. 2.— 



Uensiiaw, 1875, 229. 



At only one locality did we meet with this elegant bird, and that was 

 ill the Upper Humboldt Valley, where it was common in September in the 

 thickets along the streams ilowing from the Clover Moimtains. It was 

 louiid in small companies, feeding on the fruit of a species of th(>rn-api)le, 

 or haw {t'rakcyus rivularis), which abotmded in the thickets. 



