CAT-BIRD. 



{Tardus felivox, Vieill. T. lividus, Wilson, ii. p. 90. pi. 20. fig. 3. 

 Phil. Museum, No. 6770.) 



Sp. Charact. — Dark slate color, paler beneath ; the vent rufous; 

 the crown and tail black, the latter rounded. 



This quaint and familiar songster probably passes the 

 winter in the southern extremities of the United States, 

 and along the coast of Mexico, from whence, as early as 

 February, they arrive in Georgia. About the middle of 

 April they are first seen in Pennsylvania, and at length 

 leisurely approach this part of New England, by the 

 close of the first or beginning of the second week in 

 May. They continue their migration also to Canada; 

 but whether they proceed into the desolate arctic wilder- 

 ness or not, we are ignorant. They are said, however, 



