504 MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS. 



fig. 398. Resident from Mex. north to 

 Mass and Cal. Frequents thickets. Song, 

 loud, clear and varied, often mimicing songs 

 of other birds. Nests in bushes; eggs, 

 spotted. 



Fig. 399 



Catbird. 



578. CAT BIRD. 



Smaller, 9; dark plumbeous; top of 

 head and tail, black; under tail coverts, 

 chestnut, fig. 399. Breeds in eastern U. S. 

 from Gulf States north into British Provin- 



