. The Ornithologists' and oologists' semi-annual . duct. Later in the day, the set of ten eggs were taken at the edge ofthe same swale. The nest was built in the top of a bunch of swale-grass, of dead and dry grasses found in and near the swale, and wasvery shallow; about 51-2 inches in diameter, and rather rudely con-structed. Incubation of eggs varied much, being from fresh to badlyaddled. The five eggs of the set, which I have in my collection, measurerespectively: ; ; i ; ; Incolor they are a light creamy-brown, dotted by blotches of two shadesof d
. The Ornithologists' and oologists' semi-annual . duct. Later in the day, the set of ten eggs were taken at the edge ofthe same swale. The nest was built in the top of a bunch of swale-grass, of dead and dry grasses found in and near the swale, and wasvery shallow; about 51-2 inches in diameter, and rather rudely con-structed. Incubation of eggs varied much, being from fresh to badlyaddled. The five eggs of the set, which I have in my collection, measurerespectively: ; ; i ; ; Incolor they are a light creamy-brown, dotted by blotches of two shadesof darker brown : the lighter shade of the blotches being hardly dis-tinguishable from the ground color. Mr. E. G. Tabcr, at Meridian, N. Y., reports in the Ornithologistand Oologist of Boston, Mass. the taking of a set of seventeen eggsof this species. I have never taken but the one set of ten, mentionedabove, but no doubt the set number varies and no positive informationcan be given. The Ornithologists and Oologists Semi-Annual. 39 THE MOCKINGBIRD. Mimus J. A. SINGLEY, GIDDINGS, TEXAS. This prince among the feathered songsters is very commonlydressed : upper parts ashy gray; lower parts soiled white. The wingsare dark with a large white space on the primaries; length, about lo inches ; extent, about 14 inch-es. During the winter, theMocker will be found most-ly in the bottoms, where theyfeed on the various berriesfound there. A few remain intheir summer quarters. A redcedar tree in my yard is thebedroom of one jaunty fellow,he roosting with the Mocker is rather an ov-erbearing kind of a fellow. I have never-seen him attack other birds ;but he takes especial delight in alighting on a limb where some birdof another species may be resting, and crowding up to it (exactly asa bully among the genus Homo may often be Seen to do) he willmake it take to flight, when he follows after, until the other birdleaves in disgust. During the winter, Mimus
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