AVES (BIRDS). 
CONTINUED. 
ORDER CLAMATORES. SCREAMERS. 
Famity Bompyrcituip&. Wax-WIncs. 
Tue Bombycillide, of which the Bohemian Chatterer or Wax-Wing (Am- 
pelis garrulus) is the type, are placed in the above order, although they 
are provided with the singing apparatus of the Oscznes. 
The Bohemian Chatterer is widely distributed on both continents, and is 
generally known. It breeds in the most northern sections, but in severe 
winters moves southwards. It congregates in flocks in these migrations, and 
is a social, unwary bird. Its food consists of berries of various sorts, in- 
sects, seeds, &e. In confinement, it will not refuse anything edible, but 
seems to prefer fruits. In plumage, it is one of the most beautiful of birds, 
being a vinous-ash color above, and lighter beneath; the feathers of the 
head are prolonged into a crest; the throat, the feathers around the nostrils, 
and a stripe, which passes from the beak to the back of the neck, are black. 
The secondaries of the wings are tipped with white, each having the shaft 
prolonged, and furnished with a small, scarlet, horny appendage. The tail 
is black, tipped with a yellow band. 
Famity ALAupDIDe. THE Larks. 
In this group are comprehended the true larks, of which the Skylark 
(Alauda arvensis) is the tpye. Although provided with the singing ap- 
paratus, these birds, for the reasons given in our remarks on the Chatterers, 
are placed in the Clamatores. . 
The Skylark is spread generally over Europe, several parts of Asia, and 
of Africa. It is thus described : — 
“ No bird sings with more method: there is an overture performed vivace 
crescendo, while the singer ascends; when at the full height, the song be- 
comes moderato, and distinctly divided into short passages, each repeated 
three or four times over, like a funtasia, in the same key and time. If 
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