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Genus MIMUS Boie. 

 Mimus Boie, Isis, Oct. 1826, 972. Type, Twdus polyglottos Linn. 



703. Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). 



Mockingbird. 



Turdus polyglottos Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 169. 

 Mimus polyglottus Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 17. 

 [B253, 253^, C8, Rii, C 15.] 

 Geog. Dist. — United States, soutli into Mexico. Rare and of 

 irregular distribution from Maryland northward to Massachusetts, 

 and north of southern Ohio, Colorado, and southern California. 

 Bahamas. Casual on Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



Genus GALEOSCOPTES Cabanis. 



Galeoscoptes Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. Type, Muscicapa 

 carolinensis Linn. 



704. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). 



Catbird. 



Muscicapa carolinensis Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 328. 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. 

 [B254, C9, R12, C 16.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States and British Provinces, west 

 to and including the Rocky Mountains ; occasional on the Pacific 

 coast, from British Columbia south to central California. Breeds 

 from the Gulf States northward to the Saskatchewan. Winters 

 in the Southern States, Cuba, and Middle America to Panama. 

 Bermuda, resident. Accidental in Europe. 



Genus HARPORHYNCHUS Cabanis. 



Subgenus METHRIOPTERUS Reichenbach. 



Methriopterus Reich. Syst. Nat. 1850, pi. iv. Type, Turdus 

 rufus Linn. 



