. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . m-posed of grass and birch bark. ^S^^ 4—•; white, spotted with brown ; ? This species was first described by Mr. Cassin, in 1851, from aspecimen shot by him near Philadelphia in 1842. Of the birdshabits we have learned but little. The only nest yet discoveredwas found by Mr. Ernest E. Thompson in Manitoba in 1884. Of the birds range we have still much to learn. It is a migrantonly in southern New England, but is known to spend the summerin Maine, and has been taken at that season in New 1882 our party secured seve
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . m-posed of grass and birch bark. ^S^^ 4—•; white, spotted with brown ; ? This species was first described by Mr. Cassin, in 1851, from aspecimen shot by him near Philadelphia in 1842. Of the birdshabits we have learned but little. The only nest yet discoveredwas found by Mr. Ernest E. Thompson in Manitoba in 1884. Of the birds range we have still much to learn. It is a migrantonly in southern New England, but is known to spend the summerin Maine, and has been taken at that season in New 1882 our party secured several at Edmundston, in New Bruns-wick, near the Quebec border. Dr. Wheaton considered it a regu-lar spring and fall migrant through Ohio, but very few have beenobserved in Ontario. The song of this species is so much like that of the Red-eye,that they are not easily distinguished. Note. — Mr. Comeau has taken at Godbout, on the north shoreof the Gulf of St. Lawrence, one example of the Yellow-greenViREO {), a bird of Mexico and Central MOCKINGBIRD. MiMUS POLYGLOTTOS. Char. Above, ashy gray, darker on wings and tail; wings with twowhite bars; outer tail-feathers white ; beneath, white, tinged with gray onthe breast; bill and feet black. Length 9 to ii inches. Nest. In a thicket or bunch of low bushes ; composed of twigs, roots,grass, etc. Eggs. 4-6; greenish blue to pale buff, marked with reddish brown; X This unrivalled Orpheus of the forest and natural wonder ofAmerica inhabits the whole continent, from the State of RhodeIsland to the larger isles of the West Indies; and continuingthrough the equatorial regions, is found in the southern hemi-sphere as far as Brazil. Nor is it at all confined to the Easternor Atlantic States. It also exists in the wild territory of Ar-kansas more than a thousand miles from the mouth of RedRiver; and I have since seen it in the scanty forests of UpperCalifornia. It breeds at the distant western sources of t
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