g60 



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- 

 hula hiferior compressa, 

 laciniata, apice recurvata. 



Nares ovales, plumis mini- 

 mis recurvis obtectse. 



BoMBYCivoRA, Temiii. 



BeaJc 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. Boliemica. Steph. v. x. p. 421. pi. 34. — Britain and 



other parts of Europe. 

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



GENUS CXXVllI.— TERSA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum brevissimum, basi 

 valde depressum, supra 

 paulo carinatum, triangu- 

 lare, marginibus introrsum 

 deflexis, angustum, versus 

 apicem inclinatum; man- 

 dibula inferior subtus pla- 

 na, apice acuta, recurvata. 



Remex prima longissima. 



BeaTc very short, its base 

 much depressed, a little 

 carinated above, triangu- 

 lar, the edges internally 

 deflexed, narrow, inclined 

 towards the tip ; the lower 

 ma7idible 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. 



