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Mr. E. A. Brooks reports it to be rare in Upshur County, West 

 Virginia. It is probably most numerous near the coast. 



279. Mimus polyglottos. Mocking Bird. — Common 

 summer resident of the Virginias, especially in the southeastern, 

 counties, many also being found in winter. Rare or imknown in 

 the mountain region ; breeds. 



280. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Cat Bird. — Abundant 

 summer resident of the Virginias, arriving the latter part of April 

 and leaving in October ; breeds. 



281. Harporhynchus rufus. Brown Thrush. — Common 

 summer resident of the Virginias, varying, however, in abund- 

 ance in different localities ; breeds. It usually arrives early in 

 April and leaves in October. Mr. Freke mentions that it has 

 been seen in Amelia County as early as March 18, and is not sure 

 that a few do not pass the winter. Unlike the Mocking bird it is 

 common in the mountain region. 



282. Thryothorus ludovicianus. Great Carolina 

 Wren. — Common resident of the Virginias; 'oreeds. 



2S3. Thryothorus bewickii. Bewick's Wren. — Rather 

 common in summer in the mountain region (including the Blue 

 Ridge) ; rare in other parts of the Virginias. An adult male was 

 taken at Arlington, Virginia, Ajjril loth, 18S2, by Mr. William 

 Palmer, (Bull Nuttall Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, p. 253). I have 

 observed it on the slopes of the Salt Pond Mountain, and have 

 found it near Rockfish Gap in the Blue Ridge, as well as in the 

 beautiful field which forms the summit of Humpback Mountain, 

 where it was quite abundant. It also occurs at the Blue Ridge 

 Springs in Botetourt County. These wrens are rather locally dis- 

 tributed, and frequent especially clearings in which the trees have 

 been '* girdled " and vvliere old stumps anil piles of brush abound. 

 In western North Carolina Mr. Brewster found it abui^dant in 

 towns and villages, where it apjDearcd to be tlie " House Wren" 

 of that region. Auaubon gives an account of this wren furnished 

 him by Dr. Bachman, who observed it frequently in the Virginia 

 mountains in the summer of 1835, Mr. Doan mentions having 

 seen a few in West Virginia. It is an early breeder, as the 

 young are quite well grov/n by June. 



284. Troglodytes aedon. House Wren. — Common 

 summer resident of the Virsrinias in the neisfhborhood of villagfes 



