SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 



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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, etc." (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 

 Thrush. 



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). 



