CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 347 



Family AMPELIDAE Waxwings, etc. 

 301 (618) Bohemian waxwing 



Ampeiis garrulus Linn. 



302 (619) Cedar waxwing 



Ampeiis cedrorum (Vieill.) 



Family LANIIDAEi Shrikes 



303 (621) Northern shrike 



Lanius borealis Vieill. 



304 (622) Loggerhead shrike 



Lanius ludovicianus Linn. 



1 Three species of shrikes have been recognized in New York state, but the status <>r the tonus 

 is not well understood, it often being a matter of difficulty to assign Individual specimens to their 

 proper species. William Palmer, after an examination of 170 specimens, proposes to •• relegate 

 excubitorides to the plains region west of the Immediate Mississippi wooded drainage area, 

 ludovicianus to the south Atlantic and gulf coasts, and Florida, and to recognize a new form 

 (L. 1. migrans) as occupying much of the remaining region Of the east." The acceptance of his 

 views has been deferred by the American ornithologist! union for lack for material, and Mil 

 seems best for the present to let the species stand us given In Auk, 15: Ml > s ; also 16; 188, 



