78 NESTS AND EGGS OF N. A. BIRDS. 



in diameter by four in height; cavity three in width by two and 

 one-half inches in depth. Six eggs in this nest have an average of 

 I 05 by .76. 



Their ground color is a yellowish-white, blotched with obscure 

 purple, light brown and a purplish-gray; more or less confluent. 



This bird builds its nest usually in small thorn trees, hedges or 

 in tangled briars, about six to eight feet from the ground. 



149a. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS EXCUBITORIDES. 



WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE. 



Habitat, Middle Province of North America to the Saskatchewan, 

 East, through Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin — California. 



Mr. B. W. Evermann informs me that he found a nest of this 

 species near Santa Paula, Cal , March 7, 1881.' He states that they 

 usually build in alders, live oak and orange trees, from five tc^ fif- 

 teen feet from the ground. Nests very bulky. 



Eggs in my collection, strongly resemble those of the Logger- 

 head. In fact, there is no perceptible difference. 



149b. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS ROBUSTUS. 



LARGE-BILLED SHRIKE. « 



FAMILY Ampelidse. — Waxvyings. 



150. AMPELIS CARRULUS. 



NORTHERN WAX- WING; BOHEMIAN WAX- 

 WING. 



Habitat, Northern parts of Europe, America and Asia. In 

 America, in winter regularly to the Northern States. This bird 

 is known everywhere as a wanderer, and only in a few instances 

 have its breeding places been discovered. The nest and eggs were 

 first discovered by Mr. John Wolley in Lapland. In this country 

 its nest has been found by Mr. Kennicott on the Yukon, and by 

 Mr. McFarlane on the Anderson River Dr. Coues says that "the 

 bird undoubtedly nests in the United States," he having found 



