AMPELIDJS, OR CHATTERERS; WAXWING. 449 



flocks, and betaking itself to the hedges to feed on their berries. 



FIG. 249. HEAD OF BOHEMIAN CHATTERER. 



It appears to be spread over the whole continent of Europe 

 during the winter, and to proceed northwards in the spring; 

 hence it has no right to the peculiar designation it has received, 



FIG. 250. WING OF WAXWING. 



as the Bohemian Chatterer, or Waxwing. The use of the pecu- 

 liar appendages to its wing- feathers is altogether unknown. 



