{ 163 ) 



FAMILY AMPELIN^E, 



CHATTERERS. 



GENUS BOMBYCILLA — BRISS. 



WAXWING. 



[Bill short, broad at the base, upper mandible declinate toward the tip — 

 notched ; head tufted, neck short, body full ; wings rather long — pointed ; tail 

 of moderate length — even ; toes four — middle toe much the longest, connected 

 at the base with the outer — inner free.] 



BOMBYCILLA CAROLINENSIS— BRISS. 

 CEDAR WAXWING. 



Cedar Bird, Ampelis Americana, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Bombyciila Carolinensis, Bonap. Syn. 



Cedar Bird, or Cherry Bird, Nutt. Man. 



Cedar Bird, Bombyciila Carolinensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Head crested ; a band on the forehead, lo- 

 ral space, and a spot behind the eye, black. Adult with the head 

 crested ; a band from the nostril passing behind the eye ; general 

 color light grayish-brown : rump and upper tail coverts ash gray ; 

 abdomen pale yellow ; lower tail coverts white ; wings and tail 

 dusky, shaded with dull blue; secondaries tipped with wax-red; 

 the tail feathers toward their ends yellow — in some specimens tip- 

 ped with bright red waxen appendages, similar to those of the se- 

 condaries. Length six inches and a half, wing three and five- 

 eighths. 



