AVES. 205 



rAssi:Ri-:s. osc'INEs. 



MOTAClI.I.lDAi:. 

 Harn'ii j;r«)Uiul.s, Hflds and sea coasts; nests on tlu' ground. 



Me. — Rart' sprinj; and coniinon fall inij^rant. May 2-18 (June 

 1. 1007. I.uIh'c); S«-i)t. l.VOct. 2.') (IVc \:i IKOl. Si-j;nin Id.). 



N. II. Ivart' spring and t'onmion fall inij^raiit. .\pril 3-May 10; 

 Sept. lo-Nov. 



Vt. — Ran* s|)rinj; and uncommon fall migrant. 



Mass. — Uncommon spring and common fall migrant; acci- 

 dental in winter (Boston Harl)()r, Fcl). 2.j, 1SS2; Ne\vl)uryport, 

 Jan. 4, 1S7S). Ajjril IS-May 20 (.lunc S); (Aug. 29, 1888, Mon- 

 onioy Id.) Sept. 10-Xov. 24 (winter). 



R. I. — Ran' spring and common fall migrant. Mar. 2U-May 

 15; Sept. ir»-Xov. 28. 



CoNX. — Rare s|)ring and conunon fall migrant. A|)rilMay; 

 Sept. 15-Nov. 14 (Dec. 25, 1908, South Xorwalk). 



.Ml.MIDAi:. 



375. MiMUS POI.YGLOTTOS (Linn^) Bona|)arte. 



Mockingbird. 



Chapman, Handl). hirds ea.st. No. Amer., 1805, p. ."^77; Bird- 

 life, 1898. pi. m. Kgg. ('ai)en, 1880. pi. 1. fig. 8-10. 



Turdus poli/ylottos Liim^, Syst. nat., eil. 10, 1758, vol. 1. p. 1(»0. 



\ IKGI.MA. 



Thickets and den.se tree clumps; nests in hushes or tn'cs. 



Me. — Occasional visitor at all seasons or escajK'; said to have 

 hred at Ix-etls ahout 1885. 



N. n. — Acci(h-ntal visitor or esca|M': Hampton; Milford. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor or esca|)e; j)air nested ai Lunenhurg, 

 1884. 



Ma.s.s. - ( )((asional visitor ai all srasons orescajM'; rare summer 

 n-sidcnt (.\rlington. (iroton. Marshfidd. ? Provincctown. .'~^|iring- 

 ficld). Kggs, .lune i;}-20. 



R. I. — Occasional visitor at all sea.sons (or escaiK'). 



