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TUB BIRDS OF WISCONSIN. 
Stelftidopteryx serripennis (And.). ROl (»H-Wi\GED SWALLOW. 
From our observation this is the common breeding- "bank 
swallow" which is found scattered over the most of the state. 
It is usually found nesting in single pairs, or not more than two 
to four pairs in a single bank, whereas the foregoing nests in 
large colonies. In Jefferson, Rock, and Walworth counties the 
rough-wing is sometimes very abundant, flocking in spring and 
fall with the other swallows. From the fact that the early lists 
of Wisconsin birds included this species as very rare, if it was 
mentioned at all, it has evidently been confounded with the 
bank swallow by many recent observers, and, therefore, any- 
thing like the exact range for either species in the state cannot 
be ascertained at present. 
FAHILY AHPELID/E; WAXWINGS. 
Ampelis garrnliis Linn. BOHEMIAX WAXWING. 
A winter visitant. Formerly much more common than at 
the present day. If the weather is severe enough the Bohemian 
waxwing may reach southern Wisconsin by the middle of 
November, but it is usually later. If the spring is backward 
it is sometimes noted as late as April. It is especially numer- 
ous along Lake Michigan where it feeds largely on the berries 
of the mountain ash. We have never found it so abundant 
anywhere as in the cities along the lake shore where this tree 
has been planted along the streets. W r e have noted it in great 
numbers at Ahnapee, Kewaunee, and Two Rivers, and in 1ST5 
it visited Milwaukee by the thousand. It feeds also on the 
berries of the wild grape, carrion flower and different species of 
smilax, also on apples, both wild and cultivated. It is generally 
stupidly tame and unsuspicious. Of much more regular occur- 
rence from the central part of the state northward, also, than 
in the southern counties, where in fact, it has been rare of late 
years. 
Ampelis eedrorum (Yieill.). CEDAR WAXWING. 
The cherry-bird, as this species is familiarly known, is 
another of those birds whose movements are decidedly erratic 
and uncertain. At a given point it may occur in any month of 
the year, or be entirely absent at any time. Ordinarily it is a 
common breeder, nesting in mid-summer. 
