. Annual report of the Nebraska State Horticultural Society. Horticulture -- Nebraska. SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 155 702. Oroscoptes montanus (Towns.).—Sage Thrasher, "Mentioned by Baird as collected in extreme western Nebraska" (Taylor); "Sage-brush plains of western United States" (Ridgeway); " east to Ft. Lara- mie and Black Hills" (Coues); Hat Creek valley, Nebr. (?) (L. Bruner). 703. Mimus polyglottos [Linn.).—Mockingbird. Omaha, Bellevue, Weeping Water, Nebraska City, Lincoln, etc. (L. Bruner); "Rare in Nebraska" (Aughey); "Summer resident
. Annual report of the Nebraska State Horticultural Society. Horticulture -- Nebraska. SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 155 702. Oroscoptes montanus (Towns.).—Sage Thrasher, "Mentioned by Baird as collected in extreme western Nebraska" (Taylor); "Sage-brush plains of western United States" (Ridgeway); " east to Ft. Lara- mie and Black Hills" (Coues); Hat Creek valley, Nebr. (?) (L. Bruner). 703. Mimus polyglottos [Linn.).—Mockingbird. Omaha, Bellevue, Weeping Water, Nebraska City, Lincoln, etc. (L. Bruner); "Rare in Nebraska" (Aughey); "Summer resident, formerly rare, but be- coming common" (Taylor;) "north to Massachusetts, southern Iowa, southern Wyoming, ; (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow). The food-habits of the Mockingbird matter but little so far as this bird is concerned in the state of Nebraska, since it is not at all plen- tiful even in the extreme southeastern corner of the state. It is safe to assert, however, that the food of this bird includes an equally large per cent of insect life as that taken by either the Catbird or Browtt Fig. 48.—Catbird. 704. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.).—Catbird. Entire state in suitable places—breeds (L. Bruner); "Abundant in the- wooded portions of Nebraska" (Aughey); "Summer resident, abundant, ar- rives in April and May" (Taylor); "west to the western base ef the Rocky mountains" (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt—breeding (A. S. Pearse); Omaha— breeds (L. Skow); Peru, abundant—breeds (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county— breeds (J. M. Bates); Gage county—breeds (F. A. Colby); "an abundant mi- grant and summer resident" (L S. Trostler).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nebraska State Horticultural Society. Lincoln, Neb. : The Soc
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