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Cedar Bird. Ampelis Garrulus Var. Lath. Ampelis 

 Americana, Wils. A. O. I. t. 7. f. 1. Bombyciphora 

 Zanthocoelia, Meyer. Bomby cilia Cedrorum, Vieil. 

 A. A. S. t. 37. Bombycilla Canadensis, Brisson. 



Drab frontlet^ and line over the eyes black ; belly yel- 

 low ; vent white ; wings and tail blackish, latter yel- 

 low-tipt. North America. 



Bombicivora Japonica, Seibold, Bull. 

 Sci. Nat. 1827. 87. Japan. 



The genus Bombycilla of Brisson, and Bombyci- 

 phora, Meyer. 



MM. Hofmansegg and Illiger separate^ with still 

 more reason, from the Cotingas, 



The Pro CN IAS, Hofm., 



whose beak, very weak and depressed, is cleft as far 

 as under the eye. They are American, and feed on 

 insects. 



One species, 



Hirundo Viridis, Temm., 

 is distinguished by a naked throat. 



Procnias Ventralis, Illiger, PI. Col. t. 5. the male, of 

 which Hirundo Viridis is the female. Procnias Hi- 

 rundinacea, Swain. Zool. 111. t.2l. Tersina Ccerulea, 

 Vieil. Gal. t. 119. The Azure Chatterer of Lath. H. 

 and Procnias Cyanofropeus, Pr. Max., are all of this 

 species, but not Ampelis Tersa, Lath., which is a Ta- 

 nagra. 



