THE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY. l8l 



Mimus felivox BONAPAETE, of some early writers. 

 Popular synonym : ENGLISH MOCKINGBIRD. 



The Catbird is an abundant summer resident, arriving the last 

 of April and departing early in October. 



The Catbird has an extended range covering the United States 

 east of and including the Rocky Mountains, and from the Sas- 

 katchewan Valley southward. It is rare on the Pacific coast 

 from central California north to British Columbia. It breeds 

 nearly throughout its range north of the Gulf of Mexico, and 

 winters in the southern portion of the United States and south- 

 ward to Panama. 



Genus TOXOSTOMA Wagler, 1831. 



Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus). Brown Thrasher. 



Turdus rufus LINNAEUS, S. N., ed. 10, I, 1758, 169. 



Toxostoma rufum CABANIS, Archf. Naturg., 1847, I, 207. 



Harporhynchus rufus CABANIS, Mus. Hein., I, 1850, 82. 



Mimus rufus LINNAEUS, of some early writers. 



Popular synonyms : THRASHER. FOX-COLORED or SANDY MOCKINGBIRD. 

 FERRUGINOUS MOCKINGBIRD. FRENCH MOCKINGBIRD. MOCKING- 

 BIRD. 



The Brown Thrasher is a common summer resident, arriving 

 about the middle of April, and departing early in October. 



The range of the Brown Thrasher covers the United States 

 east of the Rocky Mountains, and from Maine, Ontario and Mani- 

 toba southward to the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico. It breeds 

 throughout its range, and winters from Illinois and Virginia 

 southward. 



FAMILY TROGLODYTID^B: WRENS. 

 Genus THRYOTHORUS Vieillot, 1816. 



Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham). Carolina Wren. 

 Sylvia ludoviciana LATHAM, Ind. Orn., II, 1790, 548. 

 Troglodytes ludovicianus LICHT., Verz. Doubl., 1823, 35. 

 Thryothorus ludoricianns BONAPARTE, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 11. 

 Popular synonyms : GREAT CAROLINA WREN. MOCKING WREN. LARGE 

 WOOD WREN. 



This interesting songster is gradually adapting itself to our 

 northern Illinois climate, and if protected from indiscriminate 

 collectors may become one of our familiar summer residents. 

 In his list of the birds of Cook County,* Mr. Robert Kennicott 

 reports it as rare, and says "I have seen but two specimens of 



*Trans. Illinois State Agri. Society, Vol. I, 1853-1854, 583. 



