30 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



35. CAT-BIRD. 



Slate, black Slate. 



Syi-g- Crown and tail, black ; see 66. 



36. MOCKING-BIRD. 



Ashy-gray White. 



9-10. Wings and tail, blackish, conspicuously spotted 

 with white ; outer tail-feathers, pure white. 



A southern species, rarely summering in Northeastern States, and 

 has been found there in winter ; nest, clumsy, not far from ground ; 

 eggs, 4-6, bluish-green, thickly spotted. 



37. LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. 



Ashy-gray Whitish. 



8-9. Forehead, black, continuous with black stripe through 

 eye ; wings and tail, black, white-spotted ; below, white, 

 clouded, but not "waved," as in butcher-bird (!§'?') . 



A southern species, but locally in Pa. and N. J., and very rarely 

 breeding north to N. E. ; nest, simple ; eggs, like those of butcher- 

 bird. 



3§. BLUE GROSBEAK. 



Dark blue and black. 



6}4-7' Around base of bill, wings, and tail, black ; 2 

 chestnut wing-bars ; $ , smaller, brown above, lighter be- 

 low, brownish-white wing-bars. 



Breeds sparingly in S. Pa. , north of which it is possibly only a 

 straggler; no record in N. J. ; nest, in bush or low tree; eggs, 4-5, 

 pale blue, unspotted. "^ 



