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Since the law was passed prohibiting the caging of native birds, 

 the mockingbird has increased in numbers and has pushed its normal 

 range northward. There are also many records of occurrence (often 

 in winter) and of breeding far north of what may be considered the 

 normal range. Some of these records may belong to the "casual" 

 list, but it is difficult to separate them. During the winter of 1922 

 one appeared at Ferndale, Humboldt County, Calif., where it re- 

 mained for several weeks. There are two records for Vancouver 

 Island, British Columbia; one observed at Port Alberni on June 7, 

 1931, and a specimen collected at Duncan, on January 20, 1940. Ap- 

 parently the only record for Alberta is of a pair that nested at Dids- 

 bury in June 1928. One was observed at Piapot, southwestern Sas- 

 katchewan, on May 2, 1927, and a specimen was collected at Eastend 

 on June 4, 1928. In 1934 a nest was reported 35 miles south of Regina, 

 and on May 7, 1936, one was observed in Regina. In Manitoba, the 

 first report was from Hillside Beach, in May 1928, and one was ob- 

 served from November 15, 1939, to January 2, 1940, near Winnipeg. 

 The mockingbird has nested in two localities in Ontario — at Point 

 Pelee in 1909 and at Nanticoke in 1924 — besides which there are a 

 number of records of its occurrence at all times of the year as far 

 north as Ottawa and at Moose Factory on June 4, 1928. It was re- 

 corded at Gaspe, Quebec, on November 5, 1938, and a specimen was 

 taken on Anticosti Island on August 8, 1902. Three specimens have 

 been collected at Grand Manan, New Brunswick, all in fall and winter. 

 A specimen was taken on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, on September 

 3, 1902. Casual records previous to 1900 are usually open to question 

 as being possibly escaped cage birds. 



In some sections the mockingbird appears to be migratory, but 

 there does not seem to be any definite and regular migration. The 

 movements of mockingbirds seem to be local or individual. Banding 

 returns indicate that some individuals travel considerable distances. 



Introduction. — In 1893, six pairs of eastern mockingbirds were lib- 

 erated in Bermuda, and some were still to be found there in 1914. 



Egg dates. — Arizona : 52 records, April 12 to August 2 ; 26 records, 

 May 18 to June 15, indicating the height of the season. 



California: 94 records, February 16 to September 2; 50 records, 

 April 18 to May 21. 



Florida : 56 records, March 25 to August 12 ; 28 records, April 24 

 to May 21. 



Georgia: 26 records, April 14 to July 9; 16 records. May 10 to 

 June 6. 



Oklahoma : 11 records, May 2 to June 23. 



Texas : 94 records, March 10 to July 20 ; 48 records. May 2 to 27. 



