AMI-KLIUJ-: — TlIK fJlATTERI'HS. 401 



Ampelis cedrorum, Si i,. 



SOTTTHEBN WAXWINO ; CEDAE-BIBO. 



jimpilis gnrruhiti, viii-. (i, Linn. Syst. Nut. I, ITtili, i'-M. Jlomliiicilla ctdrorum, Vieili.ot, 

 Ois. Am. Sqit. I, 1807, SS, jil. Ivii. In. Uulnii' Oi.s. I, 1S34, 180, pi. cxviii. — C.VB. 

 ■lour. IV, l.S'iO, :! (Ciilia). - (iiNi>l..\cil, Call. .lour. 1801, :!•_'!< (Cuba ; rare). Aiiipclh 

 ntli-iinim, Sci.Air.l!, ]'. 'A. S. IS.'ili, •2!(!»(('oiiluva) ; l.S.'.f*. :iO-J (dii.saca ; .laiiuaiji ; ISi'iO, 

 ;«)4 (Xalapa ; Conlova) ; IMit, 17-J (<'iiy of Jlcxico). Sci.AlKK it Sai.vin, llii.s, ISSO, 

 la ((iuatcinaja). Uaiimi, liiixls N. Am. lsri«, ;US ; licv. H)!. -Tayi.ipk, lliis, 18(10, 



111 (Honduras). - AIakiII, I'r. A. N. Sr. I'jiila. 18i!;!, 2!"t (,1a iial. - I.(il;l), Pr. li. 



.Art. lu.st. Woolwich, IV, 110 (lirilisli Coluiiiliia ; ucsliuf^). ('(kH'KI! & Sicki.ky, 

 r. U. I!c|). XII, II, 187 (\Va.sliiiif,'toii Tcr.). — Coiin-.i!, Orii. Cal. I, 1S70, I'i!). - 

 Samimii.s, Uirils N. Kiih. M:>. .hn/uli.i iniin-ionin, Wii.s. Am. Orn. I, IHOS, 107, pi. 

 vii. Ikiinhin-illii iniiiritiiiiii, .loNK.s, N'at. licrmiKla, IK')".), 2iMwinti'r). - lilcli. Horn- 

 hiicilhi I'liniliiiiii.ii.i, ISki.ssiin, Oni. II, 1700, :!:17 (not liiiiomial). — Ai'i>. Orn. Hioj;. I, 

 1831, 2-.>7, pi. xliii. III. Hinls Am. IV, 1S4-J, lli.'., pi. ir.xlv. - Wacm:!!. .Impdi.i 

 ritroliiun.iin, (io.ssi;, Hinls ■laiuaioa, 1.''17, r.i7 (.laiiuary). — Hdn. 



Sp. Ciiak. ('r<'.>;l inoilcrntc. 'iciK-nil I'oiiPi- soft viuaci'ous-i'iiiuaiiiiiii, ilccpt'st iintfiioily, 

 more olivactMiu.-i on hack, .scapul-irs ami wiiii^-rovfiis. pa.^siiij;- into jiiire \\\xh\ a.<li on llio 

 rump and upper tail-coverts, and into diiiiry yellow on lianks and iilidouii'ii. Lower tail- 

 coverts wliito. Whole oi'lhe wiiij;' posterior to tiie ;_'reater coverl.s ,<laty-asl), almost Mack 

 alon;^' end of inner wehs ol' primaries, the onlei' welis ol' which are narrowly eili;ei! with 

 hoary whitish. Tail slale passiui;' into lilaek lerminally. lippccl wilh a hroad. sharply 

 defined hand of fjiiml)Oj;e-yellow. A hroad siripe of inteii.><e velvely-hlaik on side of 

 head, startinp; from ncstril, pa.ssiiifi: across lore, and involviiiLr the eye. conliinied from i* 

 beneath tin? crest to the occiput ; chin dull hlack, hicndinjr f;radually into the hrowiiish of 

 the throat. A narrow white line acro.s^ the forehead and aioiij; side of crown, hetween 

 brown of crown and biai'k of lore, etc., a narrow ciesciMit on lower eyelid and a stripe 

 between blaek of lore and that of llii' throat, whiti-. .l/a'c wilii each secondary quill ter- 

 minated by a bright, red horny appendage to liie shaft. Fciiuilc witii tlicse very small and 

 few ill miniber, or entirely absent, ymiiii/. In gcncr.il appearance simii.ir to the adult 

 female. Colors more giayish, with obsolete concealed whitish streaks on nape and down 

 back, these stripes becoming xciy conspicuous on tlie sides and lianks ami across breast. 

 No blaek <ui ciiiu. Huni]) grayish-brown ; .ib(lonieii ami Hanks dingy whiti.sh. No appen- 

 dages to secondaries, anil the yellow band across end of tail nariower than in adult. 



IIaii. Whole of North America as far north as Lake Winnipeg and Hudson's Ifay, south 

 brixnch of 8ii.sk.itehewaii, latitude "/J. V° (Uiciiauhson) ; south to (iiiiitemala; •Jamaion and 

 Ciibft in winler. 



•A .siH'ciiiu'u IVoiii (itiiitoiiiiilii (No. ."i(l,4r»r) ^) is almnst idciiticiil with o.x- 

 iuii])l('s fnim till' Uiiitotl Stiitt'.s, Init (Utl'oi's in iiiiviiiji' o siiiiill sjiot of yoUow 

 at tlio tip of oacli }iiiinaiy ; also tliere arc rod aiiiii'iidagi's on tlic tip of i* 

 few tp.il-foatlii'is, as well ti.s tlif loiioi'st featlior of the liiwer tail-coverts. 

 Thi dors, ojciii'rally, arn .softor, the hrowii more purplish, and tlio ash finer 

 and niort! bluish, than in a tine spiino midc from Washinoton, 1>. C 



A speciineii (Xo. ,">:', .".'.Mi J, Iltimboldt K'iver, Nevada, Septenilter 10, 1808, 

 C. Kino', }{. liidi,'\vayl IVoiii the Middle I'rovinee of the United Ktate.s, dif- 

 fers consideralily fruiii tiny other in the eolleetion. The colors are murh 

 paler, the anterior jiortions lioiiio almost oehracoous, tiie wlmle ahihanen 

 ol 



