\v\\\v:-. 323 



Rang*. North \ roeda M far north M Britinh Columbia, Minne- 



sota, and Conne.-tti-ut ; winter* in tin- tr 



Wtu.liin.-i.. n. .. .11.11. "ii s. I: . .\|.l. 5 t<> >[;. s.njr Sing, oommon 8. IL, 

 Apl 



.me grant* and feat her-. under bridge*, in *u>iic walla, or a hole 

 in a (tank, f.'yy, fmr to ei^ht, white. TJ ."!. 



Kiiu^li-wi:i-'-il Swallows re-einhle Hank Swallows both in habits 

 nii-i ap|N-;iranre. They do not, however, always nest in holes in banks, 

 but are sometimes found nest ing about 

 bridges, railway trestles and their abut- 

 ment-. 



With tin- Iliink Swallow this bin! dif- 



fi-rs fioin our other Swallows in tin- ab- Fio. 90 -S.-ct!on of ..m, 



marr of attnlt RoBKb- 



sence of metaUio ooim, while Eron CM swallow. (Knia 



Swallow it is to In- ili>tinpii>hr<l 

 by its ("lain. |>alo lirownish yray, tuiiforinly colored throat and breast, 

 and somewhat slower, less erratic flight. 



FAMILY AMPELID^:. WAXWINOS. 



This small family contains the two known species of Wax wings, 

 with which some ornithologists chiss several |H>culiar American tropical 

 species whose exact relationships arc not thoroughly understood. 



618. Ampclis gf&rrnlus /.inn.. H<>IIKMIA<( WA.XWIKO. Ad. 



F'lri-lii-ml. chin, ati.l liin- through tin- eye vi-lvoty black; a c<>ris|iicu<>u8 crest; 

 tnnt of i-n>wn fhf>tiiiit-nit<iiis; uji|-r jiurts rioh grayish hrown; upper tail- 

 . wiiii.'x. uinl tail irruyish ; primary cnvi-rts ami Hfcondariw* tip[>t-il itli 

 whit*-, tlif latter with small, r .\\*-<\ Keulirnr-wax-like tips; all but 



the outer primaries ti|>|H-.l with yellow or white on tlie outer weh; end of tail 

 with a yellow bund; hrea.t like the Itaek, grayer on the belly; under tail- 



I. . s-OO; W., 4-60; T., 2-0: K. fn-in N., -29. 



'^.rtliern purtM of the northern hemisphere: in North America 

 south in win^T. irnyulur'.y, to the northern t'nited Sute; recorded from a 

 fur -'iitli an Kanai, Illinois, uiid IVnn^yhania. 



A;/;/. similar in color to those of 

 'irurn, *9S x '65. 



The distribution of this bird in the I'nited States j.. not unlike that 



of the Kveiiinu' (irosbeak. It is exceetlingly rare and irregular in the 



Atlantic State-, but <x-curs with some frequency in the northern Mis- 



i Valley. In notes and habits it is said to resemble its small 



cousin, the Cedar Waxwing. 



619. Ampclis cedrorum I ','.>. CKDAR WAXWIKO; CEDAR-BIRD; 



<'nn!uv -IIIKI-. >t r";_- Forcheail, chin, and a line thn-inrh the 



-[.'n-uoiis en-.-t ; upper part* rich graymh brown ; 



