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M. l'mler parts whitish; primaries tinely barred; no white line over the

e_\‘e. . . . . . 721. Hot si-z \Vmcx. 7151/». \V :nx lloi'si-z Wt

Ifl. L'nder parts whitish ; primaries not barred ; a white line over the eye.

71‘). Iii-:wien‘s W1 .

1:3. lTnderparts brownish. finely barred with blaek. 722. \Yix’rici: WREN. e. Back with white streaks.

(71. White streaks eontined to the center of the back: a white line over the eye . . . . . . . 72.3. Loxo—isimizn Mans“ \Viuzx and races.

(‘7. ('ruwn, back, and wing-coverts streaked with white. 7234. SHORT-HILL“) )[xusu WHEN.

703- MimuspolyglottostL/‘Ima. Moekixoemo. Av].—Cppt‘rparts ashy: wings and tail t'useous; basal half of the primaries white; outer tail— feather white. next mostly white. third about halt‘white; under parts soiled white. L..10~f»e; “1.4230: T.. 4'90: 13.. ~70.

[t’i«1/mz'/cs.—'l‘lie sexes can not be distinguished in color.

It’«1mt«.—Bt‘eei_ls from the Bahamas and Mexico to southern lllinois and northern New Jersey. and rarely to M:..,.iehttsetts; winters from Virginia southward.

Washington. uncommon 1’. 1L. less numerous in winter. Cambridge. rare 5. IL. Melt. to Nov.

fist. of coarse twigs. weed stalks. ete.. lined with rootlets. cotton, etc.. in thickets. orange trees. etc. [fl/gs. four to six. pale greenish blue or bluish white. sometimes with a brownish tinge. ‘ather heavily spotted and blotehed. chiefly at the larger end. with einnamon— or rntbus—brown. 1'00 x '72.

The Mockingbird might be called our national song-bird; his re- markable vocal powers have made him famous the world over, while. our more retiring Thrushes are scarcely to be found mentioned outside the literature of Ornithology. lie is a good citizen. and courting rather than shunning.r public life. shows an evident interest in the affairs of the day. He lives in our gardens, parks. and squares. and even in the streets of the town. and is always alert and on the (1m? rive; a self— appointed guardian, whose sharp alarm note is passed from bird to bird like the. signals of watchmen. ‘

In Florida. )loekingbirds begin to sing in February. and by March 1 the air rings with music. The heat ot’ midday is insufficient. to quell their ardor, aml on moonlight nights many birds sing throughout; the night.

It is customary to consider the Mockingbird a musician possessed of marvelous technique. but with comparatively little depth of feel- ing, lie is said to create intense admiration without reaching the soul. llut. listen to him when the world is hushed. when the air is heavy with the rich iragranee of orange blossoms and the dewy leaves glisten in the moonlight. and if his song.r does not, thrill you then eon- i’ess yourself deaf to Nature‘s voices.

Writers have compared the Moekingbird‘s song with that of other