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In the immediate vicinity of Cairo the country is open and treeless, 

 but about a mile back from town a growth of bushes commences 

 which extends back to the heavy forests of the bottoms. It is in this 

 bushy belt that many of the lagoons are situated. Opposite Mound 

 City, six miles above Cairo, is a large cypress swamp and cane brake. 

 As the bottoms had been flooded a short time before my visit, the 

 small woodland species were present in much smaller numbers than 

 would otherwise have been the case, while to this cause may be partly 

 accredited the immense numbers of herons I found there. 



Family TUBDIDJE. 

 Genus Turdus Linn. 



1. T. mustelinus G-m. WOOD THRUSH. Common in the higher 

 portions of the bottoms. 



2. T. migratorius Linn. KOBIN. A few were observed near 

 Mound City. 



Genus Mimus Bole. 



3. M. polyglottus Boie. MOCKING BIRD. Bare. Only observed 

 at Mound City. A specimen of Collurio ludovicianus was pointed out 

 as one of these birds by one of the inhabitants who could not be con- 

 vinced to the contrary. 



Genus Galeoscoptes Cab. 



4. G. carolinensis Cab. CAT BIRD. Not common. A few were 

 seen near Mound City. 



Family SAXICOLID3S. 



Genus Sialia Sw. 

 6. S. sialis Bd. BLUE BIRD. Common near Mound City. 



Family SYLVIIDJE. 

 Genus Polioptila Scl. 



6. P. csemlea Sclat. BUTE-GRAY GN^TCATCHEB. Abundant in 

 the elevated portions of the bottoms. 



Family PARIDJE. 

 Genus Lophophanes Kaup. 



7. L. bicolor Bonap. TUFTED TITMOUSE. Everywhere common 

 in the woods. 



