COUES ON BIRDS OK DAKOTA AND MONTANA. 



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of the West where I have observed them. This was the only locality 

 where the species was observed, though it is known to extend into the 

 Saskatchewan region. 



List of specimens. 



AMPELIS GARRULUS, Lhm. 

 Bohemian Waxwing. 



The taking of the specimen below tabulated may be regarded as the 

 most interesting single result of the Commission, as far as ornithology 

 is concerned, since it shows that the Waxwing breeds on or very near 

 the boundary of the United States. The individual is a newly fledged 

 bird, in the streaky condition which characterizes the first plumage, and 

 was undoubtedly bred in the immediate vicinity. This inference is con- 

 firmed by the fact that at the date of capture, August 19, all the birds of 

 the locality were obviously in their summer home, no migratory move- 

 ment having begun in any case. The individual was shot on the mount- 

 ain-side adjoining Chief Mountain Lake, at an altitude of about 4,200 

 feet, in thick coniferous woods, where it was in company with numbers 

 oi A. GeHroruni. No others were observed, which could hardly have 

 been the case had the species been on its migration. 



The Waxwing is one of the birtls which longest defied ornithologists 

 to discover its nest and eggs, not only in this country, but even in Eu- 

 rope. In the latter country, its breeding-grounds were first discovered, 

 and the desired specimens secured by Mr. J. Wolley's indefatigable 

 exertions in Lapland in 185G. In America, Messrs. E. Kennicott and R. 

 McFarlane share the credit of the corresponding discovery ; the former 

 enthusiastic and accomplished naturalist having taken the nest and %gg 

 on the Yukon in 18G1, the latter on the Anderson River. The nidifi- 

 cation is much the same as that of the common Cedar Bird, and quite 

 similar, though the nest, of course, is larger. 



List of S2)eciniens. 



