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ville, Texas, March 27, 1876— G. H. Ragsdale. vi., 23, 370— Nesting 

 at Gainesville, Texas, May 9, 1876— G. H. Ragsdale. 

 Mlmus polyglottus. Mocking Bird, ii., 3, 36— Instance of a lady having 

 outside birds so tame that they would come at her call from the door, 

 at St. Augustine, Fla.—" Monmouth" (Aug. K. Egbert), ii., 9,135 

 —Found in Texas, it., 26, 402— Found at Corintli.'Mlss. — "Guyon" 

 (Col. Rawlings Young), iv., 19, 292— Found at Bound Mt., Texas— 

 J. T. Beeks. v., 4, 51 — Ace unt of one being killed in a cage by a 

 Loggerhead Shrike at Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 14, 1875. v., 22, 346— 

 One seen at Gainesville, Texas, Dec. 19, 1875 ; very late in the season 

 for them— G. H. Ragsdale. v., 24, 372— One seen Dec. 38, 1875; 

 probably the same one - G. H. Ragsdale. vi., 11, 163 — Observed at 

 Leesburg, Va., April 3, 1876— E. Ingersoll (authority), vi., 12, 180 

 Have a pure white, live specimen — C. Jeff. Clark, vi , 22,360— 

 Noting a case of parental affection where the parents were consumed 

 with their nest and young in a fire — " Guyon" (Col. Rawlings Young), 

 viii., 8, 112 — Popular account of the species— Mrs. Mary Treat, viii., 

 16, 241 — Very common in the southern part of Michigan ; occasion- 

 ally seen as far North as Sanilac County — "Archer" (G. A. Stock- 

 well), viii., 17, 268— Rare summei resident near Wasliington, D. C. 

 — (R. F. Boiseau). ix., 2,24 — Describes their song — sing at night — 

 near Corinth, M'ss. — "Guyon" (Col. Rawlings Young), x., 13. 235 

 — A young bird taken at Rockaway, L. I., Sept., 1871; probably 

 been bred in the vicinity ; a second specimen taken Nov. 7, 1877, an 

 adult male-^N. T. Lawrence. 



Missis.'^ippi Kite. See Ictinia inississippiensis. 



Mniotilta varia. Black and White Creeper, iv., 23, 358— Found at Pe- 

 troleum, W. Va., in spring — Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 9, 132 — Common 

 during the spring and fall migrations at Ann Arbor Mich.; arrives 

 May i ; rare during the breeding season ; departs Sept. 1 — A. B. 

 Covert, vi., 15, 233— First arrivals at Riverdale, N. Y , April 30, 

 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 15, 233— Rare in Central New York ; 

 arrives first week in May, and departs in Sept.— H. G. Fowler, vi., 

 19, 300— Common during the migrations near Cleveland, Ohio, arriv- 

 ing about May 1— H. Ernst, vi.. 21. 338— Noticed at Springfield. 

 Mass., between May 10 and 15, 1876— Fred. II. Keves. vi., 22, 354 

 —Arrived at Mollis, N. H., May 2, 1875: Mav 2, 1876— W. H. Fox. 

 vi., 26, 418— Ob.«erved at Salem, Mass., May 13, 1876— R L New- 

 comb, viii., 3, 33 — Common in the migrations at Webster, N. H.; 

 less common in summer ; breeds ; nesting on the ground ; placed so 

 that the herbage of the year before formed a roof to the nest — Chas. F. 

 Goodhue, viii., 11, 160 — Rare in Central New York; taken May 23, 

 1876— J. P. Hutchins. viii., 17, 261--Found in Michigan—" Archer " 

 (G. A. Stockwell). viii., 17. 268— Found near Washington, D. C— 

 (R. F. Boiseau). viii., 24, 400 — Arrived at West Farms, N. Y., April 

 24, 1874; ISIay 1, 1875; April 29, 1876— Winthrop G. Stevens, xi., 

 19, 379— Found on Lake George, Fla., in Aug., 1878— Wm. K. Lente. 

 xii., 4, 66 — Found in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones, xii., 24, 464 

 — First seen at Summit, N. J.; April 23, 1879; breed here — Geo. 

 Lawrence Nicholas. 



Moas. iv., 2, 21 — List of the Moas received from New Zealand for the 

 ^luseum of Natural History, New York. 



Mocking' Bird. See Mimus polyglottus. 



Mocking Wren. See Thryothorus Ittdovicianus. 



Molotlinis ater. CoM-bird. ii., 2. 22 — Mr. Boardman has albinos of this 



species — ^"Ornis" (Geo. Bird Grinnell). ii., 4, 58 — Large numbers 



passing northward over Long Island, March 5. 1874. ii., 11, 162 — 



Abundant in the Lake Okeechobee region, Florida — Fred. A. Ober. 



\ ii., 22, 341 — Found in Russell Co., Kansas; feeds on insects and seeds 



