WAXWINGS. 



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Range.— 'Sorth America; hreods as fur north aa Brititih Coluiubiu, Miunu- 

 HOtu, a!i«J Conneotieut ; winters in the tropics. 



Washington, common S. H., Ajil. 5 to Sei>t. Sing Sing, common S. K., 

 Apl. 17 to Aug. 12. 



XtMt, of coarse grasses and featliers, under bridges, in stone walls, or a hole 

 in a bank. -/•-'</(/», four to eight, white, -72 x vd. 



Rough-winged Swallows resoinble Bunk Swallows both in habits 

 and appearance. They do not, however, always nest in holes in banks, 

 but are sometimes found nesting about 

 bridges, railway trestles and their abut- 

 ments. 



With the Bank Swallow this bird dif- 

 fers from our other Swallows in the ab- 

 sence of metallic colors, while from the 

 Bank Swallow it is to l)e distinguished 



by its plain, pale brownish gray, uniformly colored throat and breast, 

 and somewhat slower, less erratic flight. 



Fio. 90.— Section of outer pri- 

 mary of adult RouRTh-winged 

 Swallow. (Enlarged.) 



Family Ampelid^. Waxwinqs. 



This small family contains the two known species of VVaxwings, 

 with which some ornithologists class several peculiar American tropical 

 species whose exact relationships are not thoroughly understood. 



618« Ampelifl gaxmluB (Linn.). Roukmian Wa.xwiko. AJ. — 



Forehead, cliin, and line through the eye velvety black; a conspicuous crest; 

 front of crown chestnut-rufous; upper parts rich grayish brown; upper tail- 

 coverls, wings, and tail grayish ; prinuiry coverts and secondaries tipped with 

 white, the latter witli small, red, seed-shaped sealing-wax-like tii)s; all but 

 the outer primaries tipped witli yellow or white on the outer web; end of tail 

 witli a yellow band ; breast like the back, grayer on the belly ; under tail- 

 cc ^ rts chestnut-rufnuH. L., 800; \V., 4-t)0; T., ii-(10: B. from N., -29. 



liange. — Northern jmrts of the northern hemisphere; in North America 

 south in winter, irregularly, to the northern United States; recorded from a.s 

 far south a.s Kansas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. 



AW^, of twigs, roots, moss, etc., in trees, /iy;/', similar in color to those of 

 A. cedrorum, "92 x "05. 



The distribution of this bird in the United States is not unlike that 

 of the Evening Grosbeak. It is excocdingly rare and irregular in the 

 Atlantic States, but occurs with some fn'<|uenry in the northern Mis- 

 sissippi Valley. In notes and habits it is said to resemble its small 

 cousin, the Cedar Waxwing. 



619, Ampelis cedrorum ( l'i>'il/.). Ckdak Waxwino ; CKnAR-umn ; 

 Chekry-bird. (Sec Fig. 50.) Ad. — Fortliead, chin, and a line through the 

 eye velvety black ; a conspicuous crest ; upper parts rich grayish brown ; upi)er 



