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Family TROGLODYTID^. WRENS, THRASHERS, ETC. 



*323. Mimus polyglottos (Linn\ MOCKINGBIRD. (703 ) 

 Breeds from the Bahamas and Mexico to southern Illinois and 

 northern New Jersey, rarely to Massachusetts, and winters from 

 North Carolina southward. The Mockingbird is of exceedingly 

 rare occurrence in this vicinity and doubtless many of the. speci- 

 mens reported are escaped cage-birds. It has, however, been 

 found breeding at a number of localities, and at Tenafly, N. J., a 

 pair returned to the same locality for a number of years (Auk, VI, 

 1889, p. 305). On several occasions Mockingbirds have been found 

 here during the winter and have shown their ability to withstand 

 our coldest weather as long as they could obtain an abundance of 

 food. Probably these birds were escaped cage-birds in which the 

 instinct of migration had never been developed. 



*324. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn] CATBIRD (704) 

 North America, breeding in the eastern United States from the 

 Gulf States to New Brunswick and northwestward to the Saskat- 

 chewan and British Columbia ; winters from Florida southward. 

 This species is an abundant summer resident, arriving about May 

 3 and remaining until October 20. (See Group, Gallery, between 

 Cases C and D.) 



*325. Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.}. BROWN THRASHER. 

 (705.) Eastern North America, breeding from the Gulf States to 

 Manitoba, Maine and Montreal, and wintering from the Gulf States 

 southward. The Brown Thrasher or Brown "Thrush", as it is 

 generally but incorrectly called, is a common summer resident, 

 appearing about April 20 and remaining until the middle of Octo- 

 ber. (See Group, main floor, between Cases K and L.) 



*326. Thryothorus ludovicianus (Lath.). CAROLINA WREN. 

 (718.) Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf States to 

 southern Iowa, northern Illinois, and southern Connecticut; re- 

 sident, except at the northern limit of its range. Generally speak- 

 ing the Carolina Wren is a rather rare bird in this vicinity but on 

 the eastern slope of the Palisades, as far north as Piermont, it is 

 common during the summer (Chapman, Auk, X, 1893. p. 87). 

 It has been found on Long Island in the winter (Dutcher, MS.). 



*327. Troglodytes aedon (VieilL). HOUSE WREN. (72^) 

 Eastern North America, breeding as far north as Manitoba, Mon- 



