aves. 205 



passeres. oscines. 



motacillidae. 



Barren grounds, fields and sea coasts; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Rare spring and common fall migrant. May 2-18 (June 

 1, 1907, Lubec); Sept. 13-Oct. 25 (Dec. 13, 1901, Seguin Id.). 



X. H. — Rare spring and common fall migrant. April 3-May 10; 

 Sept. 15-Xov. 



Vt. — Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. 



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

 dental in winter (Boston Harbor, Feb. 25, 1882; Newburyport, 

 Jan. 4, 1878). April 18-May 20 (June 8); (Aug. 29, 188S, Mon- 

 omoy Id.) Sept. 10-Nov. 24 (winter). 



R. I. — Rare spring and common fall migrant. Mar. 29-May 

 15; Sept. 16-Nov. 28. 



Coxx. — Rare spring and common fall migrant. April-May; 

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



MIMIDAE. 



375. Mimus polyglottos (Linne) Bonaparte. 

 Mockingbird. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 377; Bird- 

 life, 1898, pi. 66. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 1, fig. 8-10. 



Turd/us polyglottos Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 169. 

 "Virginia." " 



Thickets and dense tree clumps; nests in bushes or trees. 



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

 bred at Leeds about 1885. 



X. H. — Accidental visitor or escape : Hampton; Milford. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor or escape ; pair nested at Lunenburg, 

 1884. 



Mass. — Occasional visitor at all seasons or escape; rare summer 

 resident (Arlington, Grot on, Marshfield, ? Provincetown, Spring- 

 field). Eggs, June 13-20. 



R. I. — Occasional visitor at all seasons (or escape). 



