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town, and remained about there until Marcli 8tli. Tlious- 

 ands of them were captured by merely picking them off 

 the branches of the cedars at night, and were sold as low 

 as ten cents a dozen. The "roost" ' was raided in force, 

 by a lot of men and boys, on the night of February 21st, 

 and eight thousand birds were killed. [See files f)f Nel- 

 son County Beoord for February and March, 1881. 



Genus Mimus. 



1. *llLmuz^oljgloiins{\jm-]s.). Mocking-bird. 



A common summer resident. A few remain all the year, 

 as I have observed them in every one of the twelve 

 months. Ten years ago they were comparatively rare 

 here, but now there are few gardens or yards where one 

 or more pairs do not nest. They often sing quite late in 

 the fall. I heard one in full song on the 8th of Novem- 

 ber. 



Genus Galeoscoptes. 



8. ^Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). Cat-bird. 



A common summer resident. An inveterate bug-hunter, 

 hence a good friend to the farmer, but he also enjoys 

 strawberry and cherry time about as well as the rest of 

 us, and on this account the small fruit grower regards 

 him with an evil eye. 



Genus Harporhynchus. 



9. *Ha,rporhyncbus mfus (LIN'S.). Brown Thrasher. "French 



Mocking-bird."" 

 Common summer resident. Always one of the earliest 

 of the spring arrivals. In 1881 I saw one on March 3rd. 

 Found almost exclusively in thickets and dense shrab- 



berv. 



