1000 REPOKT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



advanced in incubation; while those from river banks were, with one 

 or two exceptions, incomplete, containing only from one to four eggs, 

 which in all cases were fresh (Journ. Gin. Soc. Nat. Hist., December, 

 1881, p. 338). Under the article on Belted Kingfisher, I have given Dr. 

 Langdon's account of a burrow of each of these birds that was oc- 

 cupied by Humble Bees. 



The times of their migrations correspond with those of the Bank 

 Swallow and, unfortunately, but few persons have distinguished them 

 to note their movements carefully. They first arrived at Brookville, 

 April 3, 1888, April 27, 1895; Terre Haute, April 15, 1888, April 19, 

 1890; Greensburg, April 27, 1895. April 28, 1894; Irvington, April 11, 

 1889; Bloomington, May 1, 1886; Chicago, 111., May 9, 1896. In addi- 

 tion, they have been reported from Carroll County (Evermann); La- 

 fayette, nests (Dr. E. Test); Knox County (Ridgway); Jefferson Coun- 

 ty (Hubbard); Lake County (Coale); Wabash County, rare (Ulrey and 

 Wallace). Their general habits are similar to those of the Bank Swal- 

 low, and they are of the same utility as insect-catchers. 



XLIII. FAMILY AMPELIDJE. WAXWINGB, ETC. 



a 1 . Plumage cinnamon-drab; black stripe across forhead and through eye; second- 

 aries often tipped with red wax-like appendages. AMPELIS. 149 



SUBFAMILY AMPELIN^E. WAXWINGS 

 149. GENUS AMPELIS LINN.EUS. 



a 1 . Wing over 4.00. A. garrulus Linn. 243 



a 2 . Wing under 4.00. A. cedrorum (Vieill. \. 244 



243. (618). Ampelis garrulus LINN. 



Bohemian Waxwing. 



Adult. With a conspicuous crest; forehead, stripe through the eye, 

 chin and upper throat, black; general color, brownish-ashy, tinged 

 with reddish on the front of crown; rump, upper tail-coverts and sec- 

 ondaries, ashy; stripe on side of throat, and two short bands on wing, 

 white; tips of outer web of most of the primaries, white or yellow; 

 secondaries, with red wax-like tips; primaries, black; tail, blackish to- 

 ward the end, but tipped with yellow; lower tail-coverts, cinnamon- 

 rufous. 



Length, 7.40-8.75; wing, -4.40-4.60; tail, 2.75-2.90. 



RAXUK. Northern portions of northern hemisphere in America; 

 south in winter, irregularly to Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, 



