MIMUS CAROLINENSIS : CAT-BIRD. 



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1843, p. 255. Allen, Pr. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, p. 67. 

 Brewster, Rod and Gun, v, Mar. 13, 1875, p. 370. 

 Merriam, Rev. Birds Conn., 1877, p. 7. Brewer, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc, XX, 1879, p. 263. 



CAT-BIRD. 



MiMUS CAROLINENSIS (Z--) Gray. 



Chars. Slate-colored, paler and more grayish below. Crown of 

 head, wings, tail, bill and feet black. Under tail-coverts chestnut. 

 Young more sooty-colored, with little or no distinction of a black 

 cap, and the under tail-coverts dull rufous. Length, 8.50-9.00 ; 

 extent, 1 1.00-12.00 ; wing, 3.50-3.75 ; tail, 4.00 ; bill, 0.70 ; tarsus, 

 i.oo-i.io. 



An abundant summer resident throughout nearly 

 the whole of New EnMand. It is restricted in its 

 northern extension only by the Canadian Fauna, 

 and is said to be 

 wanting in New 

 England only in 

 nort heaste r n 

 Maine. It en- 

 ters the country 

 the last of April 

 or early in May, 

 and remains 

 through the greater part of October in most sections, 

 only finally withdrawing from the lower Connecticut 

 valle}' in November. It breeds throughout its range. 

 The nest is one of the most familiar objects in or- 

 chards, shrubbery, and about the skirts of woods, very 

 generally placed but a few feet from the ground. It is 



Fig. 11. — Head of Cat-Bird. (Natural size.) 



