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as also in Connecticut and in Rhode Island, it is a rare 

 summer resident — if indeed it be of more than casual 

 occurrence. Its true home is in the Southern States, 

 and in the Middle, even, it is not a common bird. It 

 was given in 1843 by Linsley as a bird of Connecti- 

 cut, and has since been occasionally reported from the 

 three nether States of New England. According to 

 Allen, writing in 1864, it had been known to breed in 

 Springfield, Mass., several times within five years, and 

 two pairs nested there in i860. Mr. Samuels gives 

 it as a rare summer resident, occasionally breeding in 

 Massachusetts ; and Mr. Brewster took it late in the fall 

 near Concord, Mass. Dr. Brewer records a specimen 



from Nantucket, 

 October 8, 1878, 

 and another taken 

 in Boston, Decem- 

 ber 7, 1878 ^"^""^ 

 — the lat- 

 ter, how- 

 ever, being 

 unquestionably an 

 escaped cage-bird. 

 Mr. Merriam gives 

 several Connecti- 

 cut instances. The 

 northernmost point 



known to have been reached is Calais, 

 Me., where one individual was observed 

 by Mr. G. A. Boardman. 



The principal New England records of captures or 

 occurrences are as follows: — Pcabody, Rep. Orn. 

 Mass., 1839, p. 300. Linsley, Am. Journ. Sci., xliv, 



Fig. 10. — Mocking-Bird. 

 (About s natural size.) 



