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Swallow (Enlarged With the Bank Swallow)

(Enlarged.) With the Bank Swallow this bird differs from our other Swallows in the absence of metallic colors, while from the Bank Swallow it is to be distinguished by its plain, pale brownish gray, uniformly colored throat and breast, and somewhat slower, less erratic flight.

FAMILY AMPELIDÆ.

WAXWINGS.

This small family contains the two known species of Waxwings, with which some ornithologists class several peculiar American tropical species whose exact relationships are not thoroughly understood. 618. Ampelis garrulus (Linn.). BOHEMIAN WAXWING. Ad. - Forehead, chin, and line through the eye velvety black; a conspicuous crest; front of crown chestnut-rufous; upper parts rich grayish brown; upper tailcoverts, wings, and tail grayish; primary coverts and secondaries tipped with white, the latter with small, red, seed-shaped sealing-wax-like tips; all but the outer primaries tipped with yellow or white on the outer web; end of tail with a yellow band; breast like the back, grayer on the belly; under tailcoverts chestnut-rufous. L., 8.00; W., 4.60; T., 2.60: B. from N., 29.