REPORT OF FEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. in:} 
FAMILY AMPELIDzE.—THE WAXWINGS. 
Only two species occur in eastern North America. Both species 
are found in the Few Jersey Museum. 
Bohemian Waxwing; Northern Waxwing—( Ampelis rjar- 
rulus). 
A rare, distinctly-crested, rich-hrown-baeked, grayisli-bellicd bird, with 
the under tail coverts chestnut and,1 he tail feathers tipped with yellow; hav¬ 
ing a white wing bar, white tips to the secondary quills, and a brownish 
breast. The forehead, chin and line through the eye are black. 
Breeds in high northern regions. Winters southward to the northern 
border of the United States. Extremely rare winter visitant. 
Cedar WaxwIng; Cedarbivd; Clierrybird— (Ampelis ced- 
rorum ). 
A common, distinctly-crested, rick-brown J backed, yellowish-bellied wax¬ 
wing, with the under tail coverts white, and all the tail feathers tipped with 
yellow. There is no wing bar. The breast is like the back and the forehead; 
the Chin and the line over the eye are black. 
Breeds in temperate North America. Winters 'about the same, spreading 
southward to Guatemala. Common resident, but of erratic occurrence. 
FA.\I 11.Y LANIID/R—THE SHRIKES. 
Only two species occur on the Atlantic slope. 
Northern Shrike; Butclier-hird— (Lanins borealis). 
A grav-backed, white-bellied bird, with black wings and tail. There are 
black blotches on the side of the head, which are not joined together by a 
black line across the forehead, and narrow wavy bars across the breast. 
Breeds on northern border of United States, northward. II inters south¬ 
ward to the Potomac valley. Rather rare winter visitant. 
Loggerhead Shrike —( Lanins ludovicuiiius). 
A bird similar to the last, but with more black on -the sides of the heart 
connected across the forehead by a narrow black stripe. There are turn 
wavy lines, or almost none across the breast. . . 
Breeds in southern United States, north, regularly to Virginia and cn.nulb 
(?) farther. Winters about the same. Summer resident m s°ntheii, M 
Jersey, where a few have been observed through the summers ot 1890 and 
1891. 
