122 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Family LII. — AMPELID^. Waxwixgs, Etc. 



Eggs, vfiriously colored, but usually spotted. Nests placed 

 in trees. Members of this family are limited with us. 



618. Bohemian Waxwing, Ampelis garridus. Eggs, 3 to 

 6, oval, yellowish gray, lined, spotted, and blotched with yellow- 

 ish brown, dark purple, and black, with lighter shadings around 

 the spots, as seen in those of No. 619 ; .65 -|- .80 to .70 -f- .90. 

 Nests placed in trees, composed of rootlets, moss, grass, and 

 strips of grass, lined with feathers. Breeds in the far north 

 of the Northern Hemisphere, in June. 



619. Cedar Waxwing, Amioelis cedrorum. (Type, Plate 

 X.) Eggs, similar in form and color to those of No. 618, but 

 are smaller ; .60 -|- .80 to .70 -|- -88. Nests composed of moss, 

 strips of blue grass, etc., placed in trees. Breeds in North 

 America, from the fur countries to the southern middle 

 section, in June. 



620. Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens. Eggs, 3 or 4, 

 greenish gray, finely dotted with purplish brown and black ; 

 .58 -f- .85 to .60 -j- .80. Nests placed in trees, composed of 

 flax-like fibres of plants, weeds, and grasses, lined with finer 

 material. Breeds in Southwestern United States, from South- 

 western Texas westward to California, north to Southern 

 Utah and Nevada, in April and May. 



Family LTII.—LANIID^. Shrikes. 



The eggs of all the North American species are greenish 

 gray, spotted and blotched irregularly with clay color, reddish 

 brown, and purplish, and vary in number from 5 to 7 ; they 

 are oval. The greenish gray or clay color of the markings is 

 a striking peculiarity. Nests are bulky, composed of liax-Iike 

 fibres of plants, weeds, grass, twigs, cotton, or any other avail- 

 able material, and are placed in trees. 



621. Northern Shrike, Lanius horecdis. Eggs, .75 -j- 

 1.05 to .80 -f- 1.10. Brcicds in Northern North America, 

 mainly north of the United States, in May and June. 



