68 CHECK LIST OF THE 



Genus STELGIDOPTERYX. 



(*) (*3i7) Rough-winged Swallow. 



(Stelgidopteryx serripennis.) 



A rare summer resident of our southern border, where it has been 

 found as far east as Toronto. 



Family AMPELID>^. (The vv/axvvings.) 



Bill stout, triangular, depressed, decidedly notched and hooked, with 

 the gape very wide. Tarsus short, with the lateral plates more or less 

 subdivided. 



Our species are both crested birds with soft plumage of a beautiful 

 cinnamon drab colour ; sometimes the ends of the secondaries and of the 

 tail feathers also, are tipped with horny appendages, looking like red 

 sealing' wax. These appendages are no indication of age or sex. 



They feed on insects and soft fruits. 



Subfamily AMPHELIN^. (Waxwings.) 



Genus AMPELIS. 



(6i8) Bohemian Waxwing. 



(Ampelis garrulus.) 



An irregular winter visitor, never abundant. Breeds in the north- 

 west. 



(619) Cedar Waxwing. (Cherry Bird.) 

 (Ampelis cedrorum.) 



A resident species, common and generally distributed in summer ; 

 irregular in winter, its movements at that season probably depending 

 upon the food supply. 



Breeds throughout its range in the Province. 



Family LANIID^. (The Shrikes.) 



Bill hawklike, very strong, the upper mandible toothed and abruptly 

 hooked at the tip ; both mandibles distinctly notched. Wings short, 

 rounded. Tail long. Tarsus scutellate on the outside as well as in front. 



Their habits corresponding with the form of the bill, are similar to 

 those of birds of prey. They have a remarkable habit of impaling small 

 animals on thorns and leaving them there. 



