. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 1. Spicim VIII. TUltDUS LIVIDUS. Mi!/ ^^ ct>/i 5* t»a^«^i. â - C A T - B I II D. k [FIkU ZIV. Fig, 3] Muscirapa Carolinensis, Linn. Si/sl. 'i'Sf U8 a very common and vtM'v numorons .ipccies, in this part of the United States; and one as well known to all elasHcs of people, as liis favorite briars, or blackberry bushes. In spring or summer, on approaching thickets of brambles, the first salutation you receive is from the Cat-binl; and a strungtr, unacquiiinted with its note, would
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 1. Spicim VIII. TUltDUS LIVIDUS. Mi!/ ^^ ct>/i 5* t»a^«^i. â - C A T - B I II D. k [FIkU ZIV. Fig, 3] Muscirapa Carolinensis, Linn. Si/sl. 'i'Sf U8 a very common and vtM'v numorons .ipccies, in this part of the United States; and one as well known to all elasHcs of people, as liis favorite briars, or blackberry bushes. In spring or summer, on approaching thickets of brambles, the first salutation you receive is from the Cat-binl; and a strungtr, unacquiiinted with its note, would instantly conclude that some vagrant orjjhan kitten had got bewildered among the briars, and wanted assistance; so exactly dooa the call of the bird resemble the voice of that animal. Unsuspicious, and extremely familiar, he seems less apprehensive of man than almost any other of our summer visitants; for whi'ther in the woods, or in tho garden, where he frequently builds his nest, he .seldom allows you to without approaching to pay his respects, in his usual w v. This humb'e familiarity and defi-renec, from a stranger too, who comes to rear his young, and spend the summer with us, ought to entitle him to a full .share of our hospitality. Sorry I am, however, to say, that this, in too many instances, is cruelly tho reverse. Of this I will speak more particularly in the se(|uel. About the twenty-eighth of February the Cat-bird first arrives in tho lower parts of Georgia from tho south, consequently winters not far distant, probably in Florida. On the .second week in April he usually reaches this part of IVnnsylvauia ; and about the l)eginiiing of May li-u already succeeded in building his nest. The place chosen for fSif purpose is generally a thicket of briars or brambles, a thorn i) imi, thick vino or the fork of a small sapling; no great .solicitude is shown for concealment; though few birds appear more intereste<l for the safetv of their nest and voung. The mat
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