292 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Genus MIMUS Bolg. 
Mimus Bote, Isis, Oct. 1826, 972. Type, Zurdus polyglottos LINN. 
703. Mimus polyglottos (Liny.). 
Mockingbird. 
Turdus polyglottos LINN. 8. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 169. 
Mimus polyglottus Bonar. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 17. 
MBi263) 253s 8 Norn Comes) 
Geroc. Dist.— United States, south into Mexico. Rare and of 
irregular distribution from Maryland northward to Massachusetts, 
and north of southern Ohio, Colorado, and southern California. 
Bahamas. Casual on Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 
GENUS GALEOSCOPTES CABANIS. 
Galeoscoptes Cas. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. Type, Muscicapa 
carolinensis LINN. 
704. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linv.). 
Catbird. 
Muscicapa carolinensis LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 328. 
Galeoscoptes carolinensis CaB. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. 
PBi2ca Ci, Riz. iC woe) 
Geoc. Dist. — Eastern United States and British Provinces, west 
to and including the Rocky Mountains; occasional on the Pacific 
coast, from British Columbia south to central California. Breeds 
from the Gulf States northward to the Saskatchewan. Winters 
in the Southern States, Cuba, and Middle America to Panama. 
Bermuda, resident. Accidental in Europe. 
GENuS HARPORHYNCHUS Cagsanis. 
SuBGENUS METHRIOPTERUS ReEIcHENBACH. 
Methriopterus REicH. Syst. Nat. 1850, pl. iv. Type, Zurdus 
rufus LINN. 
