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3O8-7O3-(15). Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). * MOCKING BIRD. 



Possibly a rare accidental straggler from the south. One reported by E. L. Mose- 

 ley. This species is included in the manuscript list of the Birds about Detroit, by the 

 late Rev. Chs. Fox. 



GENUS GALEOSCOPTES CAB. 



Cat-bird, natural size. 



3O9-7O4-(16). Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). * CAT-BIRD. 



Very common; throughout the state; usually in woodlands, though here at the 

 college where we protect the birds, they even breed freely on the campus; April and 

 May to Sept.; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "rare at Iron Mountain" (E. E. 

 Brewster); breeds; nests in shrubs; eggs four, 'rarely five, deep green; song pleasing 

 and varied. 



GENUS HARPORHYNCHUS CAB. 



Brown Thrush, natural bize. 



31O-7O5-(17). Harporhynchns rofus (Linn.). * BROWN THRUSH; BIG BROWN 



WREN; BROWN THRASHER; BROWN MOCKING BIRD. 



Very common, especially south; April to Sept.; "Grand Traverse County" (M. L. 

 Leach); "April 28, 1891, at Grand Rapids" (E.B.Boies); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); "not seen in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "very common at Iron Mount- 

 ain, where with many other song birds they suffer seriously at the hands of the 

 Italians, who kill them for stews " (E. E. Brewster); not shy; strong singers; " song 

 wonderfully rich, melodious and varied" (L. S. Foster); breeds; nests in bushes, occa- 

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