. Birds of Michigan . are very amiable, never seen quarrel-ing; I have found three nests in branches of one hole (Dr. W. C. Brownell); M. Wolcott saw at White Lake, Muskegon County, July, 1891, an immensecolony, numbering hundreds. The bank was very sandy and several nests had a com-mon vestibule near the face of the bank. Gencs 8TBLGIDOPTERYX Baibd. 259-617-(164). Stelgidopteryx serripeunis (Aud.). * Rough-winged common; in the southern part of the state (Prof. J. A. Allen); May toAugust; nests in May, in sand banks, or buildings or crevices in stone walls ( Butler
. Birds of Michigan . are very amiable, never seen quarrel-ing; I have found three nests in branches of one hole (Dr. W. C. Brownell); M. Wolcott saw at White Lake, Muskegon County, July, 1891, an immensecolony, numbering hundreds. The bank was very sandy and several nests had a com-mon vestibule near the face of the bank. Gencs 8TBLGIDOPTERYX Baibd. 259-617-(164). Stelgidopteryx serripeunis (Aud.). * Rough-winged common; in the southern part of the state (Prof. J. A. Allen); May toAugust; nests in May, in sand banks, or buildings or crevices in stone walls ( Butler); eggs and food habits much as in bank swallows. Dr. Gibbs informs methat the opening to the nest is circular, and not eliptical as it always is in case of theBank Swallow. He adds further that this bird often builds in crevices in bridges, etc. ZOOLOGICAL AMPELIDiE. Waxwings, etc. Eeautiful birds; fly in flocks; feed on seeds, insects and fruit. Subfamily AMPELIN^E. AMPELIS Linn. 105. Bohemian Waxwing, one-half natural size. 260-618-(166). Ampelis garrulus Linn. * Bohemian Waxwing. Very rare; winter visitor; occasional in spring. Dr. G. W. Topping, DeWitt, Michigan, took from one to three in April of each of the years 1879-80-81 from flocks going north; in flocks in Kent County nearly every spring, often as many as one hundred (Dudley E. Waters); does not Mr. Waters refer to the next species? 14 106 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. Mr. Levi Broas lias several in Ms collection, which he took in Ionia County;seen in early spring at Bay City in 1884 (N. A. Eddy, in O. and O., Vol. IX,1884, p. 41); Dr. Atkins took this bird at Locke several times in March and oncein April; E. L. Moseley reports two from Michigan; four seen in Kent County,April 4, 1889 (S. E. White); often exceedingly abundant in Northern Michigan(H. Nehrling); several flocks seen at Charlevoix in the fall several years since (M. ); Upper Peninsula (A. H. Boies); Keweenaw P
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