WAXWING.
AM PE LIS GARRULUS, Linn.
Ampelis Garrulus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 297 (1766) ; Yarr. ed. 4,
i. p. 523 ; Dresser, iii. p. 429.
Bombycilla garrula, Naum. ii. p. 143; Macg. iii. p. 533.
Jaseur de Bohême, French ; Seidenschwanz, German.
This handsome bird is an irregular winter visitor to
our islands from the extreme north of Europe, where it
breeds ; it has been recorded as occurring more or less
frequently in every county of England, also in Scotland
and Ireland. Five hundred and eighty-six examples of
this species were reported in the £ Zoologist ’ as having
occurred between November 1849 and March 1850.
The breeding-habits of this species were quite unknown
to ornithologists before 1856, in which year
the late Mr. John Wolley discovered nests and eggs in
Lapland; a condensed account of this discovery is to
be found in the 4th edition of Yarrell’s £ British Birds ’
(Newton), vol. i.
West, Newman & Co., Chromo-lith.
WA XWI N G .
Ampelis garrulus, Linn.
