Lirds of Canada. 43 
bright-scarlet, wings and tail black. Nests, ona 
low branch of a tree; eggs, three to five; dull 
greenish-blue, speckled with reddish-brown and 
light purple. This isour most gaudy visitor. It 
arrives from the south about the fifteenth of 
May, and leaves early in September. This bird 
thrives well in confinement, and makes a beauti- 
ful pet. Feeds upon insects, berries, and grain. 
PAwmeyebONMBYCILLIDA. | THE CHAT: 
PERT TOR. 
Sub-Family BOMBYCILLINE—The Wax Wings. 
Ampelis garrulus—The Bohemian Chatterer. 
This very rare and beautiful bird appears in 
Canada only in severe seasons. Length, seven 
and a-half inches; the wing, four and a-half 
inches. The general color, brownish-ash ; pri- 
maries and tail-feathers, plumbeous-black, the 
tail with a terminal band of yellow; the head 
and throat marked with black; the wings with 
white ; and the secondaries have red horny tips. 
They live in numerous flocks, keeping by pairs 
only in the breeding season. Their food con- 
sists chiefly of the buds and seeds of the pine, 
cedar, and juniper. Their migrations extend 
from Central Asia to the arctic regions. They 
breed in the northern part of British Columbia 
and Alaska. 
