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along the southern portions while migrating between its winter 

 home in the south and its breeding grounds in sub-arctic regions. 

 KUMLIEN found it breeding as far north as latitude 78, but 

 reports it " nowhere abundant." Dr. COUES reports it breeding 

 in the higher parts of, the Rocky Mountains " above timber 

 limit." Winters from the Gulf States to Central America. 



Anthus spragueii. 



SPRAGUE'S PIPIT. 



An abundant summer resident of the Great Plains, between 

 Western Manitoba and the base of the Rockies. Winters in 

 Southern Mexico. 



Cinclus mexicanus. 



AMERICAN DIPPER. 



An abundant resident of British Columbia and the eastern 

 slope of the Rockies. 



Mimus polyglottos. 



MOCKINGBIRD. 



One example was taken at Chatham, Ontario, in 1860, by Mr. 

 W. E. SANDYS, and Mr. MC!LWRAITH reports that a pair sjpent 

 the summer of 1883 near Hamilton. Dr. WHEATON reports it 

 breeding in Northern Ohio. 



Galeoscoptes carolinensis. 



CATBIRD. 



This species is a common summer resident from the Mari- 

 time Provinces to the Rockies, and is occasionally met with in 

 British Columbia between the Rockies and the Cascades. RICH- 

 ARDSON found it in the Saskatchewan Valley, in latitude 54, but 

 on the Atlantic border it has not been found north of latitude 47. 



