WAXWIXG. 



BOHEMIAN WAXWIXCr. BOHEMIAN CHATTERER. SILKTAIL. 

 EUROPEAN CHATTERER. AVAXEX CHATTERER. 



Hornlycivora garrula, TEMMINCK. 



Boinhycilla '* FLEMING. 



Bohemica, BHISSON. 



Ampelis garruhts, LlSNJEUS. GMELIX. 



Bomlyx A si Ik -worm. Voro To devour. Garrula Garrulous. 



THE endless variety of nature, though doubtless in the 

 whole connected by almost imperceptible links, yet to the 

 student of only a part, is, as it were interrupted here and 

 there by sudden breaks, origins of fresh series, from whence 

 again the chain goes on. The bird before us, with its 'hues 

 like these,' is an instance and example of this. 



This most singularly elegant bird, the silky texture of 

 whose plumage resembles that of the Jays, is distributed 

 throughout the more northern division of Europe, the ele- 

 vated regions of Asia, where, according to some, it breeds, 

 and North America. It is found in the Arctic regions, 

 Uussia, Sweden, Poland, Bohemia, Silesia, Germany, Switzer- 

 land, and France. It is said to be very delicious food, and 

 is accordingly caught for the table in those countries in 

 which it is plentiful, being imbued with a delicate bitter 

 taste; doubtless, like the Grouse, from the nature of the 

 food on which it subsists. 



Until lately the Waxwing, so called from the red wax-like 

 tips to some of the feathers of its wings, was considered a 

 rare bird in this country. 'In the winter of 1810,' says Selby, 

 'large flocks were dispersed through various parts of the 

 kingdom, and from that period it does not seem to have 

 visited our island till the month of February, 1822, when 



