260 



VWHIDJF.. 



belly and vent are yellowish, marked with transverse 

 black bands : the wings and tail are dull greenish : 



the beak and legs are greenish. 



GENUS CXXVIL— BOMBYCILLA, Brisson. WAXWING. 



Rostrum breve, basi paulo 

 depressum et trigonum, 

 supra convexum, versus 

 apicem deflexum : mandi- 

 bula iiif'erior compressa, 

 laciniata, apice recurvata. 



Nares ovales, plumis mini- 

 mis recurvis obtectae. 



Bombycivora, Temm. 



Beak short, its base a little 

 depressed and trigonal, 

 convex above, deflexed to- 

 wards the tip ; the lower 

 mandible compressed, jag- 

 ged, its tip recurved. 



Nostrils oval, concealed be- 

 neath small recurved fea- 

 thers. 



Sp. 1. Bo. Bohemica. Steph. v. x. p. 421. ;;/. 34. — Britain and 



other parts of Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Bo. Carolinensis. Steph. v. x. p. 422. — North America. 



GENUS CXXVIIL— TERSA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum brevissimum, basi 

 valde depressum, supra 

 paulo carinatum, triangu- 

 lare, marginibus introrsum 

 deflexis, angustum, versus 

 apicem inclinatum ; man- 

 dibida inferior subtus pla- 

 na, apice acuta, recurvata. 



Remex prima longissima. 



Beak very short, its base 

 much depressed, a little 

 carinated above, triangu- 

 lar, the edges internally 

 deflexed, narrow, inclined 

 towards the tip ; the lower 

 i?iandible flat beneath, its 

 tip acute, recurved. 



First quill longest. 



Sp. 1. Te. Cayana. 



Ampelis Cayana. Steph. v. x. p. 428. — Ampelis tersa. Steph. 

 v. x. p. 437- — South America. 



