290 TEN YEAKS IN SWEDEN. 



beak and eye (which is red) ; wings and tail black ; 

 female and young olive green; below whitish, with 

 small dark longitudinal spots. 



Appears to be very rare and only accidental in Scan- 

 dinavia and Denmark, whereas it is very common, and breeds 

 in the eastern parts of middle and south Finland. 



The nest and eggs of the golden oriole are, perhaps, the 

 chastest of any; the latter about the size of those of the 

 thrush, pure white, with deep red-brown spots. 



Gen. Coracias, L. 



Bill robust, straight, upper mandible bent at the tip ; 

 nostrils basal ; gape edged with stiff hairs ; toes entirely 

 divided ; wings long pointed ; second feather longest ; tarsus 

 shorter than the middle toe. 



60. COEACIAS GAEEULA, L. Bla Kraka. The Boiler. D. F. 



Length about 13 in.; whole body colour blue-green, 

 with brown-red back, and black wings; iris brown- 

 grey. 



Is a summer migrant, and, according to Nilsson, not 

 uncommon in many of the leafy woods in the middle and 

 south of Sweden. I never, however, had the luck to meet 

 with it. Appears to be rare, but breeds in Finland, and 

 also in Denmark. Eggs round shiny white, laid in the hole 

 of a tree. 



Fam. 4. SEEICATI. 

 Grape wide ; beak short and straight ; plumage soft and silky. 



Gen. Bombycilla, Briss. 



A crest of feathers over the neck from the back of the 

 head ; bright red tips on the ends of the secondaries ; beak 

 broad at the root ; gape wide ; third wing feather longest. 



61. BOMBTCILLA GAEEULA, Veil. Sidensvans, Sw. Jouhi 



Lindu, Fin. Kukainen, Lap. The Bohemian Wax- 

 wing. D. F. 



Length 8 in/; body colour ash grey, with a red-brown 

 tinge, a pointed crest on the back of the head ; wings 



