174 THE BIRDS OF BERKS AND BUCKS, 

 i^^;;///^— CaLAMOPHILIDzE. 



Bearded Reedling [CalarnopJiilus biannicus — 

 Leach). As this species appears to be so distinct from 

 all the ParidcB, I have preferred to call it the Bearded 

 Reedling, and place it in the family CalainopJiilidcE. 

 In Yarrell's time the Bearded Reedling had been 

 found on the banks of the Thames from London 

 upwards, as far as Oxford. I believe it is more 

 numerous along the reedy banks of the river than 

 is generally thought to be the case. Mr. Williams, 

 of Tring Park, shot a pair of these birds some years 

 ago on the banks of one of the reservoirs at Drayton 

 Beauchamp, as I was informed by the Rev. H. 

 Harpur Crewe. 



Family — Ampelid^. 



Bohemian Waxwing {Bombycilla gamda). A 

 beautiful but accidental straggler to Britain, usually 

 making its appearance in the winter season. An 

 immense flock appeared along the eastern shores of 

 our island in the winter of 1849-50, which was very 

 severe, and several specimens were at that time pro- 

 cured in different parishes in Buckinghamshire. 



I am indebted to the Rev. Bryant Burgess for the 

 notice of a Bohemian Waxwing which was killed at 

 Ivinghoe Aston, in January, 1850, and which is now 

 in his collection. An immense number of Bohemian 



