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plants ; an inner nest is made of fine grasses, lined with feathers and a few 

 horse hairs. It measures six inches in diameter by four in height; cavity 

 three in width by two and one-half inches in depth. Thickets along 

 railroads are favorite resorts of these birds, affording a constant supply 

 of food and suitable breeding sites. The nest is often placed in thorn 

 trees. 



Hab. South Atlantic and Gulf States; north to Mississippi and Ohio Valley, and recently (?) extending to 

 New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and even Maine. California. 



149rt. White-rumped Shrike — lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. 

 Eggs are not distinguishable from those of the Loggerhead, Z. ludovicianus. 

 The nidification is also the same. Mr. B. W. Evermann found this bird, 

 exaibitorides, building near Santa Paula, Cal, placing the nest usually in 

 live oak and orange trees, from five to fifteen feet from the ground, and 

 Cyril Marr, in the " Young Oologist "* for March 1885, says it is found in 

 considerable numbers from the latitude of San Francisco southward. 



Hab. Middle Province of North America to the Saskatchewan, East, through Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, 

 Wisconsin. California. 



150. Northern Wax-wing; Bohemian Wax-wing — ampelis garrulus. 

 Greenish-slate or stone color, spotted with a dark brown, with deep, violet 

 shading ; the eggs are only to be distinguished from those of the familiar 

 Cedar Bird or Cedar Wax-wing by their larger size, measuring 1 by .70. 

 The nidification is substantially identical. The restless Bohemian breeds 

 in high latitudes, and down to the United States border in the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



Hab. Northerly portions of the Northern Hemisphere. In America, south regularly to the Northern tier 

 of States, and in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado ; irregularly or casually to about 35*'. (Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico and Arizona.) 



151. Cedar Wax- wing — ampelis cedrorum. Varying from a light 

 slate to a deep shade of stone-color tinged with oHve, marked with blotches 

 and spots of a dark brown and purple, almost black; the eggs range from 

 three to six in a set and measure about .82 by .61. The Cherry Bird, 

 Southern, or Carolina Wax-wing, is found throughout North America, as 

 far as the wooded country extends, and breeds from Florida to the Red 

 River country. The usual position of the nest is in a cedar bush or 

 orchard tree, and it is often placed in a sycamore, the distance varying 

 from four to eighteen feet from the ground. It is rather bulky, and made 

 of bark, leaves, roots, twigs, weeds, paper, rags and twine, lined with 



finer grasses, hair and wool. Hab. North America at large to latitude -iJ^ N. or beyond. 



152. Purple Martin — progne subis. Pure glossy white, oblong oval, 

 pointed at one end, and measure from .95 to i. in length by .68 in width; 



- Young Oologist, a monthly Magazine, devoted to the study of Birds, their Nests and Eggs. Published 

 by Frank H. Lattin, Albion, N. Y. 



