PASSERES— TURDIDAE-MIMUS TOLYGLOTTUS. 



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MIMUS POLYGLOTTUS (L.). 

 mocking-bird. 



Turdus pol'jglottus, LiNN., Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1758, 169 ; 12th ed., 1766, 293. 



Mimus pohjglottm, WooDH., Sitgreave's Exp. Zuiii & Col. Eiv., 1854, 72. 



Merinns [sic] polyglotttis, Bd., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857-58, pt. iv, 5. — Id., Birds N. A., 1858, 

 344._Heerm., p. R. R. Rep., x, pt. iv, 1859, 44.— Bd., U. S. & Mex. Bound. 

 Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, birds, 12. — Kennerly, P. R. R. Rep., Whipp. Route, 

 1859, 25.— Bd., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18-59, 303 (Cape St. Lucas).— 

 CouES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18C6, 65.— Coopek, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 

 21.— Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 8.— CoUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 74, f. 16 — 

 Allen, Bui. Mus. Coiup. Zool., iii, 1872, 174 (Eastern and Middle Kansas). — 

 Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 97.— CouES, U. 

 S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1874, 8.— Bd., BeEW.. & Ridg., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 49. 



The Mocking-bird was not observed in the vicinity of Santa F^ ; its 

 absence here being doubtless due rather to the nature of the locality being 

 unfavorable to its habits than to any other cause. A few miles to the south, 

 the species began to appear on the heavily brushed streams, and the varied 

 and melodious notes of its many tongiied songs fi-equently enlivened our 

 day's weary march. As we passed southward, their numbers continually 

 increased, until, in the neighborhood of Camp Bowie, in early August, it wis 



