556 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
One set of six eggs taken at Masonville, Middlesex Co., Ont. 
June 30th, 1897, by Mr, J. E. Keays. 
Famiry XLVI. AMPELIDA. Waxwincs. 
CCXXI. AMPELIS Linnzvs. 1766. 
618. Bohemian Waxwing. 
Ampelis garrulus LINN. 1766. 
A flock appeared at the Three-mile House, near Halifax, N.S., 
in the winter of 1864-5, but none have been seen since up to the 
time of writing. (Dowzs.) Some winters quite plentiful at St. 
Stephen, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Observed in winter at Harvey, 
York: Co., «N.B:; ‘tare (WA? Moore.) Paken\ at > Lorette 2 
winter migrant at Quebec. (Dzonne.) A rare winter visitant at 
Montreal. I have not seen them myself and have no recent 
record of their occurrence in the vicinity of Montreal. (Winile.) 
A winter visitor. It is now many years since this bird has 
visited us in large numbers. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) But 
seldom met within the county of Leeds, in eastern Ontario. One 
winter I saw two of them sitting on a rail fence and quite tame. 
On June 14th, 1899, I found a nest in a rough, rocky part of the 
country near Charleston Lake, Leeds Co., that I attributed to this 
species. It was built in a crotch of a soft maple that grew in a 
wet swampy place. The nest contained two eggs, measuring I°10 
x ‘70 and 0'94 x ‘68. They are noticably larger than any cedar 
bird I ever saw. They are of the same ground colour, but spar- 
ingly spotted with round black spots. The nest was a firm, sub- 
stantial structure, quite deep and built of rootlets, twigs and 
fibres; not of grass and straws as most of the cedar birds have 
been that I have seen. (Rev. C.J. Young.) Occurs rarely in the 
Parry Sound and Muskoka districts in winter. Only visits Toronto 
occasionally. When it does so it keeps well in the centre of the 
city. A flock stayed on Wellesley St.a few winters ago and 
could often be seen cleaning themselves in the snow on some 
sloping roof or else feeding on the rowan berries that hung over 
the sidewalk. (/. H. Fleming.) About 18th February, 1895, 
Toronto was favoured by a visit, in considerable force, of these 
beautiful northern birds. While here they fed chiefly on the 
berries of the mountain ash, and on 20th March I noticed num- 
