388 



AMPELID^. 



TNSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRRS. 



AMPELTDfc. 



THE BOHEMIAN WAXWING. 

 Bomby cilia garrula, 



Ampelis garrulns, Waxen Chatterer, PENN. Brit Zool. vol. i. p. 418. 



Bohemian MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



The Chatterer, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 104. 



Bombycilla garrula, Bohemian Chatterer, FLEM. Brit. An. p 64. 



Waocwing, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 268. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 125. 



Bombycivora Waxen Chatterer, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 



Grand Jaseur, TEMM. Man- d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 124. 



Bombycilla Supplt. p. 70 



BOMBYCILLA. Generic C/iaracters, Beak strong, short, and straight ; broad 

 at the base ; the upper mandible slightly bent at the tip, and eraarginated. Nos- 

 trils basal, oval, and open, sometimes concealed by closely set feathers directed 

 forwards. Wings long ; the first or second quill-feather the longest in the wing. 

 Legs and toes short and strong ; the tarsus shorter than the middle toe. 



