BIRDS OF 



past year or two. 1 1 is not so decidedly attached to the sand or gravel 

 bank for a breeding place as the Bank Swallow, the nests 

 having been found in crevices of rocks, on beams under bridges, 

 and even in a hole in a brick wall. 



It bears a very close resemblance to the Bank Swallow, and 

 as there are not many of them killed, it is possible the Rough- 

 winged species may be more common than we think. When 

 closely examined, the curious little hooklets on the outer 

 web of the first primary, which are most fully developed in the 

 male, are always sufficient to identify the species. 



FAMILY AMPELID^E. WAXWINGS, ETC. 

 SUBFAMILY AMPELIN^E. WAXWINGS. 



GENUS AMPELIS LINN/EUS. 



239. AMPELIS GARRULUS (LINN.). 618. 



Bohemian Wax wing 



General color brownish-ash, shading insensibly from the clear ash of the 

 tail and its upper coverts and .*ump into a reddish-tinged ash anteriorly, this 

 peculiar tint heightening on the head, especially on the forehead and sides of 

 the head, into orange-brown. A narrow frontal line, and broader bar through 

 the eye, with the chin and throat sooty-black, not sharply bordered with 

 white ; no yellowish on belly ; under tail-coverts orange-brown or chestnut ; 

 tail ash, deepening to blackish-ash towards the end, broadly tipped with rich 

 yellow ; wings ashy-blackish ; primaries tipped (chiefly on the outer webs) 

 with sharp spaces of yellow or white, or both ; secondaries with white spaces 

 at the ends of the outer webs, the shafts usually ending with enlarged, horny, 

 red appendages ; primary coverts tipped with white ; bill blackish-plumbeous, 

 often paler at base below; feet black; sexes alike. Length, 7 or 8 inches; 

 wing, about 4^; tail, 2%. 



HAB. Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. In North America, 

 south in winter, irregularly, to the Northern United States. 



Nest and eggs, so far as known, similar to the succceeding species 



This handsome, eccentric, garrulous wanderer is common to 

 the high latitudes of both continents, often appearing unexpect- 

 edly in very large flocks, and disappearing quite as mysteriously, 

 not to be seen again for many years in succession. 



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