68 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
FAMILY AMPELID:. 
WAXWING. 
AMPELIS GARRULUS, Linnzus. 
This handsome wanderer visits Great Britain in 
large numbers at irregular intervals, and is then more 
plentiful in the east than in the west of the country. 
In the invasions of the winters of 1849-50 and 1863-64, 
the bird reached Cheshire; and in 1892-93, when many 
birds were recorded from different parts of England, 
one was shot a few miles from the county boundary— 
at Connah’s Quay, Flintshire. 
In January 1850, Mr. Henry Johnson recorded the 
occurrence of a Waxwing in Wirral,” and Mr. F. 
Nicholson informs us that several examples were 
obtained near Bowdon in the same winter. Towards 
the close of the year 1863, two birds were observed at 
Moreton, one of which was shot, and preserved by 
J. Leyland of Liverpool; and on the 23rd of February 
1864, another was caught under a riddle, baited with 
berries of the dog-rose, in a garden at Liscard Vale. 
Before its capture, the bird was feeding on the fallen 
berries, and allowed a man to approach within a few 
yards before it took wing.® 
We have seen an adult Waxwing which was shot at 
Hulmewalfield, near Congleton, in the winter of 1893-94. 
There is a specimen in the Grosvenor Museum, 
Chester, from Tattenhall, but the date of its capture 
is not known. 
1 Dobie, op. cit. p. 294. 
2 Zoologist, ser. 1. vol. viii. p. 2769. 1850. 
3 N. Cooke, Zoologist, ser. 1. vol. xxii. p. 9023. 1864. 
