PASSERES-AMPELIDaE — BOMBYCILLA. 
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THE BLACK-THROATED WAXWING. 
Bombycilla garrula. 
PLATE XXVI. FIG. 57 (Female). 
(CABINET OF THE LYCEUM.) 
Ampelis garrulus. LlNNi’EUS, Syst. 
Bombycilla garrula. Bonaparte, Am. Orn. Vol. 3, p. 7, pi. 1G, fig. 2 : Ann. Lyc. N. Y. Vol. 2, p.438. Rich¬ 
ardson, F. B. A. Yol. 2, p 237. Nuttall, Vol. 1, p.246. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 
4, p. 165, pi. 49. 
Black-throated 'Waxwing, Giraud, Birds of Long Island, p. 165. 
Characteristics. Drab. Throat, frontlet and line over the ev" black. Belly ashen ; vent 
rufous. Wings and tail blackish : the lr ter tipped with yellow ; the 
former with two series of white marks. Length, 8-9 inches. 
Description. The feathers of the crown form a crest nearly an inch broad and an inch 
and a half in length. Secondaries with four to seven of the shafts terminating in bright red 
waxen appendages, occasionally wanting. Adult males with the ends of the shafts of the 
tail-feathers slightly enlarged at the end, and bright red. Tail three inches long. 
Color. Brownish grey. A narrow line over the base of the upper mandible, extending to 
the eyes and beyond them, and the upper part of the throat, deep black : a narrow streak 
below the lower mandible, white. Wing-feathers blackish. Coverts largely tipped with 
white, forming a band. Secondaries marked in a similar manner, but forming a larger band. 
Quills with a bright yellow spot at the end of the outer web. Tail broadly tipped with yellow. 
Irides dark red. 
Length, 8'0 - 9*5. 
This species inhabits the northern regions of Europe and Asia. The first published 
account of it as an inhabitant of North America, is due to Charles Bonaparte, Prince of 
Canino, who introduced it in his Synopsis of the Birds of North America, in the Annals of 
the Lyceum, referred to above. It was first observed in high northern latitudes, but has since 
been noticed as far south as Philadelphia. The specimen from which our figure was taken, 
was shot in the autumn of 1835, in tkc neighborhood of this city. It is still a rare species, 
but is apparently on the increase. 
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