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once raises and spreads it. It is as a rule a very silent bird, 

 and the only note I ever heard it utter was a low plaintive 

 whistle. It feeds on insects of various kinds, and in the winter 

 on berries, especially those of the juniper and mountain-ash. 

 It breeds within the Arctic Circle, the nest being placed in a 

 birch or fir-tree, usually 10 to 12 feet from the ground. It is 

 constructed of twigs, moss, and lichen, lined with fine lichen. 

 The eggs, which are usually deposited in June, are pale blue 

 with pale purplish shell- markings and black surface-spots, but 

 occasionally the ground colour is warm pinkish. In size they 

 average about 0'96 by 0'69. 



373. JAPANESE WAXWIXG. 

 AMPELIS JAPONICA. 



Ampelis japonica (Siebold), Hist. Nat. Jap. St. No. 2 (1824) ;: 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. x. p. 217 ; A. pliwnicoptera (Temm.), 

 PI. Col. ii. pi. 450 (1828) \ (id. et Schlegel), Faun. Jap. Aves, 

 pi. xliv. ; (Radde), Reis. Sib. V6g. p. 201, Taf. 6,- Tig. 1 ; Tacz. 

 F. O. Sib. 0. p. 454. 



Hi-ren-jaku, Jap. 



( ad. (Japan). Differs from A. garrulus in having the secondaries 

 and the tail tipped with crimson, and lacking all yellow on the tail and 

 wings, the under tail-coverts fawn-coloured at the base, otherwise crimson, 

 and the wing-coverts tipped with crimson ; bill and legs black ; iris blood- 

 red. Culmen 0'52, wing 0'4, tail 2'1, tarsus 0'7 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hal. Eastern Siberia, chiefly the Ussuri country ; wintering 

 in Japan and Northern China. 



In its general habits it does not appear to differ from 

 A. garrulus, but it is said to be much shyer and its call-note 

 is not so loud. It breeds in Eastern JSiberia, but its nest and 

 eggs are as yet unknown. 



HYPGCOLIUS, Bp., 1850. 



374. GREY HYPOCOLIUS. 

 HYPOCOLIUS AMPELINUS. 



Hypocolius ampelinus, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 336 (1850) ; Henglin, 

 Ibis, 1868," p. 181, pi. v. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 316 - r 

 Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 250 ; Cellepyris isabellina, HengL 

 Sitzungsber. K.K. Akad. Wien. xix. p. 284 (1856). 



