DIVISION II, 



NATIVE BIRDS. 



PART I. 



MOCKING-THRUSHES. Mimi. 



CHAPTER I. 



MOCKING-BIRD. Mimus poly glottis. 



THIS every where esteemed and beauti- 

 ful Thrush, whose musical talents are so 

 highly appreciated in this country and 

 Europe, is a native bird, unrivalled for 

 grandeur and power of song by any other 

 in the known world. He is found in his 

 natural condition from the state of Penn- 

 sylvania to the Rocky Mountains; in fact, 

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