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THE CATBIRD. 



No. in. 



CATBIRD. 



A. O. I. No. 704. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn). 

 Description. — Adult: Slate-color, lightening almost imperceptibly below; 

 black on top of head and on tail ; under tail-coverts chestnut, sometimes spotted 

 with slaty ; bill and feet black. Length 8.00-9.35 ( 203.2-237.5J ; wing 3.59 1 91.2 ) : 

 tail 3.65 (92.7); bill .62 (15.8). 



Recognition Marks. — Chewink size; almost uniform slaty coloration dis- 

 tinctive. 



talks, vegetable fibers, and trash, carefully lined with 

 ferent heights in bushes or thickets. Eggs, 4-5, deep 

 :rage size, .95 x .69 (24.1 x 17.5). 

 era United States and British Provinces, west regu- 

 ocky Mountains, irregularly to the Pacific Coast from 

 California. Breeds from the Gulf States northward to 

 s in the southern states, Cuba, and middle America 

 dent. Accidental in Europe. 



Nest, of twigs, weed-s 

 fine rootlets, placed at indif 

 emerald-green, glossy. Av 



General Range. — Easl 

 larly to and including the I\ 

 British Columbia to central 

 the Saskatchewan. Wintei 

 to Panama. Bermuda, resi 



Range in Ohio. — Of general distribution in summer; abundant. 



Taken in I.:c!ing 



GOOD PXACE FOR CATBIRDS 



