CATBIRD 



Fig. 2. 

 Catbird : Galeoscoptes carolinensis. 



Body, slate gray ; cap and tail, black ; patch under base of tail, 

 reddish brown. Length, about 9 inches. 



Geographic Distribution. — Breeds from the northern por- 

 tion of the Gulf states to New Brunswick ; west to the 

 Rocky Mountains and Saskatchewan ; winters from Florida 

 southward to Panama. 



To any one who really knows him, it seems 

 almost incredible that this much loved bird of 

 our gardens and homes, this Mockingbird of the 

 north, should be the subject of persecution, but so 

 it often is ; for however much the birds trust us, 

 and whatever pleasure they give us, if they chance 

 to hel}) themselves to ever so little of our fruit — 

 material creatures that we are — all the rest is 



