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WAXWINGS. 



6i8. Ampelis garrulus Linn. 

 Bohemian Waxwing, 

 Winter resident ; locally abundant. They usually arrive 

 from the north in late October and remain as late as the last 

 of April. They are most abundant along the foot-hills and oc- 

 casionally visit towns during the winter. Flocks numbering 

 several hundred are not uncommon in localities where they 

 remain all winter. Coues cites eight specimens taken by Hay- 

 den on Deer creek in January and February, i860 ; Drexel 

 reports taking this species at Fort Bridger; Bond has taken 

 several specimens at Cheyenne; Jesurun reports them rather 

 common at Douglas ; West of Buffalo has sent a skin to the 

 University that he captured on the 24th of November; No. 

 70719 of the National Museum was taken at Fort Sanders 

 by A. G. Brackett; Aiken reports them from near Sherman. 

 There are annual records of their visiting Laramie. I have seen 

 them in large flocks in November in the Seminoe and Ferris 

 mountains and during the month of December noted many 

 flocks on the North Fork of the Laramie river. 



619. Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). 

 Cedar Waxwing. 



Resident, and common in suitable localities. Aiken re- 

 ports them from near Sherman; Bond notes them as not un- 

 common at Cheyenne and Jesurun has taken them at Doug- 

 las. I have noted this species in the fall of the year, Septem- 

 ber and October, in the following localities : Wind river, 

 Little Popo Agie river. Rattlesnake mountains. Big Horn 

 mountains, above Spring creek, Ferris mountains, along Sand 

 creek, and in the canon of the North Platte below Douglas. 



SHRIKES. 



621. Lanius borealis Vieill. 

 Nortliern Shrike. 



Winter resident and rather common. This is the most 

 vicious bird that I am acquainted with in the state. He is 



