BIRDS OF INDIANA. 1001 



Colorado, Arizona and California. Breeds north of the United States. 



Nest, in trees; of twigs and rootlets. Eggs, similar to those of 

 Ampelis cedrorum, but larger; .96 by .68. 



This large Wax wing is an irregular winter visitor to northern In- 

 diana and casually farther south. I am informed by Mr. J. E. Beasley, 

 of Lebanon, Ind., that about forty years ago (1856), when he was liv- 



Bohemian Waxwings. Reduced. 



ing in Indianapolis, one spring he took nineteen Bohemian Waxwings 

 in one day near that city. They were in a flock and were flying for- 

 ward and backward over White Eiver, catching insects after the man- 

 ner of Flycatchers. ^ 



Mr. E. W. Nelson says they were unusually numerous in Cook 

 County, 111., the winter of 1875-6, remaining in that vicinity until 

 March 15, 1876 (Bulletin Essex Inst., Vol. VIII., 1876, p. 103). It 

 was noted in northern Ohio in March, 1840; July 17, 1845; 1860 

 (Wheaton, Birds of Ohio, p. 295). 



The winter of 1879-80 they appeared in Indiana, Illinois and Michi- 

 gan in numbers. Prof. S. A. Forbes reported them from Villa Ridge, 

 Pulaski County, 111., December 18, 1879 (Bulletin Nutt. Orn. Club, 



