296 BIRDS—AMPELID #. 
men, measuring .90 by .65 of an inch. Its ground is more of a greenish-slate or stone- 
color, and the spots are of a dark-brown, with a deep violet shading.” (Brewer, 1. c.) 
AMPELIS CEDRORUM (V.) Gray. 
Cedar Bird; Cherry Bird. 
Bombycilla carolinensis, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Rep,, 1833, 162.—Rrap, Fam. Visitor, 
ili, 1853, 343; Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 1853, 395. 
Ampelis cedrorum, BAIRD, P. R. R. Rep., ix, 1358, 318.—KirRKPATRICK, Ohio Farmer, viii, 
1859, 347.—WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 364; Reprint, 6; in Coues’ 
Birds of N. W., 1874, 233; Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 1875, 565; 
Reprint, 5.—LANGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 7; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. 
Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 174; Reprint, 8. 
Cedar Bird, BaLLou, Field and Forest, iii, 1878, 136. 
Bombycilla carolinensis, BRISSON, Or®., ii, 1760, 337. (Not binomial.) 
Bombycilla cedrorum, VIEILLOT, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1807, 88. 
Ampelis cedrorum, GRAY, Gen. of Birds, i, 1849, 278. 
General color as garrulus. Under tail-coverts whitish; little or no orange- brown 
about head ; no white on wings; chin black, shading gradually into the colo: : f the 
throat ; a black frontal, loral and transocular stripe as in garrulus, bnt this bordered on 
the forehead with whitish; a white touch on lower eyelid; feathers on side of lower 
jaw white; abdomen soiled yellowish; tail tipped with yeliow. Length, 7-74; wing, 
about 32 
Habitat, North America at large, to latitude 54° N. or beyond ; south through Mexico 
and:Central America. Bermudas. Jamaica. Cuba. Accidental in England. 
Usually abundant resident, Breeds. The Cedar Bird, or Cherry Bird, 
as it is generally called in Ohio, though classed among the resident 
birds, is named as resident only from the fact that it appears at any time 
during the year. Usually more of them are to be seen in the month of 
May than at other times, when they appear in close flocks of usually 
from 20 to 50. At this time their feod is insects, and they display ex- 
cellent qualities as fly-catchers, flying farther from their perch to secure 
their prey than any other bird of fly-catching habits, except the Swal- 
lows. Their flight 1s easy, undulating, and swift, and the whole flock 
moves as if by the impulse of a single will. Their note is a short 
wheezy whistle, and they have no song. ‘They continue in flocks until 
breeding commences, which is not till late in June, and as soon as their 
young are fledged they again assemble in companies. These birds are 
rather stupid, and very great gormandizers. In fact, their movements 
all seem prompted by their appetites. They are very fond of cherries, 
and a flock of them in a cherry tree is an entertaining sight to those 
who are not especially interested in the fruit. When a flock alights, 
they sit motionless and erect for a time, like parrots, then by a move- 
ment of the head and neck, each one takes a survey of his immediate 
