THE WAX-WINGS. 
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THE WAX-WINGS. GENUS AMl’ELIS. 
Ampelis, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, p. 297 (i 7 66 )- 
Type, A. garruhis, Linn. 
THE WAX-WING. A M IT. MS GAKRULUS. 
{Plate XIX.) 
Ampelis garrulus, I.inn., S. N„ i, p. (ij 66) ; Dresser, B 
Eor.f m, V- W Pi- <55 ; Ne "‘- 'ib' 
/t 87 ;\. II o u. List Br. B., p. 39 ( ,&s 3) > becb -’ 
InR, ii! p. 3*(i 884) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x p. 
2x2 (18S5); Lilfbrd, Col. lug. Br. B., pt. vi. (xSSb) , 
Saunders, Man., p. 147 (1889).^ 
Bombycilla garrulci, Macg., Br. B , m., p. 533 ( U W 
Adult Male. — General colour d.ab-brown, greyer towards the 
rump and pure grey on the upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts 
lik Ae back the bases grey ; primary-coverts black, tipped 
Ah white quills black, white at the tip, and yellow towards 
the end of the outer v\eb; the secondaries grey, with a subbr 
m in al blackish shade before the white tip, the innermost 
secondaries browner, the white-lipped feathers with produced 
and flattered shafts forming a wax-like appendage , tail grej, 
“pped X yellow, will, a broad s.blcmrin.l b.rof black arrd 
in old individuals, a tiny shaft-tip of wax-like red , head an 
an ample crest drab-brown ; fore part of crown and region 
above the eyes chestnut ; the base of the forehead, region of dhe 
eve black extending above the latter to the nape , sides ot 
face and ear-coverts pale rufous-drab, a httle more c xestnu on 
the hinder cheeks ; on the fore part of the cheeks a wh t , 
a narrow line of white above the ear-coverts , hroat b acK 
remainder of under surface light drab, g'-eyer o the breast and 
abdomen, the vent inclining to yellow.sh-vl ite , under a. 
coverts deep chestnut; thighs ashy-grey; bill ler at 
the base; feet and claws black; ms hazel _ 1 otal 1 Ion; gth, 7 -5 
inches; culmen, o-6 ; wing, 4 6 , ta,1 > 2 55 ‘ ,, 
Adult Female. — Only differs from the male in having a smaller 
crest, and the wax-like appendages fewer m number on the 
wings, and never apparently developed on the tail. total 
length, 7 inches ; wing, 4 4- . . , 
— Not like the adults, being dark olive-brown above, 
the feathers edged with whity-brown ; head brown, with a 
