MOCKINGBIRD. 5 1 



He is likely to build in thickets in open country, 

 and in shrubbery about dwellings. Mr. Ridgway 

 says a bunch of low, thick-topped trees canopied with 

 wild grapevine suits him excellently, and Mr. William 

 Palmer found a nest in an old apple tree. The nest 

 is bulky, much like a Catbird's, and the bluish-gray 

 eggs, 4 to 6, are thickly speckled with brown. Two 

 broods, sometimes three, are raised in a season. 



Mockingbirds are scarcely more rare about Wash- 

 ington in winter than in summer; Mr. W. F. Roberts 

 has eight winter records. 



