DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 2(53 



1. AMEKICAN BAKN SWALLOW, H. KRYTHROGASTRA. 

 7.00; dark steel-blue above; forehead, throat, and breast, 

 chestnut; remaining Fig. 349. 



lower parts, rich 

 brown ; tail, crossed 

 by a band of white 

 spots, fig. 349. Fe- 

 male, duller. Breeds 

 throughout N. A. 

 from the Arctic re- 

 gions to the Gulf and 

 into Mexico, except- 

 ing Fla. ; winters in 

 S. A. ; south in Sep. 

 and Oct.; north in 

 April. Nests inside of 

 buildings, and very 

 rarely beneath their 

 eaves. Somewhat gre- 

 garious. Song, a CC, L, g, 1. 

 pleasing, bubbling melody. Flight, very graceful and easy. 

 M. WAXWIl^GS. Ampelidae. 



Wings, long, pointed, folding beyond middle of short, 

 square tail, which is sharply tipped with yellow or red ; head, 

 crested; tips of shafts of secondaries (in our species), and 

 sometimes of tail feathers, tipped with a horny, sealingwax- 

 like expansion. Plumage, very smooth and blended. Nests, 

 in trees ; eggs, spotted. 



a. Waxwings. Ampelis. 



Characters as above. 



1. CEDAR WAXWING, A. CEDORUM. 7.25 ; wood-brown 

 above grading into slate on upper tail coverts ; beneath, black 

 on chin grading into brown on breast, yellow on abdomen, 

 and white on under tail coverts ; black line on forehead 

 through eye ; not over 20 per cent have the red tips to second- 



