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STOEIES OF BIED LIFE 



ers. The localities which mocking birds naturally inhabit 

 are the growths of shrubbery along the borders of forests 

 and swamps. They leave these places as soon as man 

 comes into the wilderness, and flock to his gardens and 



orchards, as if to protect 

 his trees, and cheer him 

 with their songs. About 

 the dwellings of the few in- 

 habitants of stormy Cape 

 Hatteras they are very 

 abundant. One of the 

 sweetest songs I have ever 

 heard was that of a Cape 

 Hatteras mocking bird, singing from the shelter of a holly 

 bush one day while the wind was blowing a gale and the 

 ocean rolled upon the wreck-strewn sands of the Cape. 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



Do you know the mocking bird and have you heard it sing? If so, how 

 many different birds' songs have you heard it imitate? Have you known 

 these birds to build a second nest after the first one was disturbed? Do 

 other birds do this? If so, what ones can you name? What is the color of 

 the mocking bird's eggl What materials do they use in making their nest? 



