TUUUID.K — THE TH1UJ8IIES. 



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Of this <:ft'iuis tliero aio many sjiecios in Anu-iicii, iiltliou;^li lait one occurs 

 witiiiii tliu limits of the I'liitcd States. 



The sin<,'le North American s})ecies M. jiafi/f/fotfKs is asliy brown above, 

 wliite beneath; wings and tail black, the I'urmer nmcii varied with white. 



Mimus polyglottus, r.oii:. 



MOCKIKO-BIBD. 



Tkh/iis ]iohiij!otli(.i, FilNN. Syst. Nut. Idtli t'd. 17")8, lil'.l ; 12tli cil. 17rtti, '203. — .V/»n/.'! 

 jHih/ij/o/tii.'.; Hon;, Isis, 18-2(), ii72. - Sclatki;, 1". Z. S. Is.'.iJ, 2V2. - - In. 185!t, 340.— 

 In. Ciital. 18()1, 8, no. r.l. — Bamm), liinls N. Am. ]8r)8, ;U-i. — In. liov. 48.— 

 SAMri-.i.s, l(i7. — C'ooPEH, Hiiils Cnl. I, 21. — (iiTSi)l.Aiii, Iti'pi'itoiio, IStiS, 230 (CuUi). 

 — T)i!i:ssi:i!, Iliis, ISfi.'i, 230. — ("ouK.s, I'r. A. N. Sc. ISOii, 05 (Ai-izoim). ! Orp/icns 

 /iiicii/i/iriix, Vl(ii>l!.s ZodI. IJci'clicy, 1830. 



l"i;,'iiivs : \Vll.s(iN, Am. Orii. II. 1810, pi. .\, li},'. 1.- -Aui). Om. Hiog. I, 1831, pi. x.\i. — 

 In. Hinls Amir. II, 1841, pi. 137. 



,'<r. CiiAU. Tliirit ami f'oiii'tli quills longest ; sucoiul about eijual to eighth; tho lir.st 

 liiiHiir MKirr tliiwi half llic .-icrouil. Tail cou^iili'iahly {rfaduatod. Aliovo ashy hrown, tlie 

 t'calhcis very olisolclcly ilarkcr ccutrally, anil towards the light pluuilicous downy basal 

 ])ortion (scarcely apprccialilc, except when the feathers are lifted). 'I'he under parts are 

 while, with a faint lirnwnish tinge, except on the chin, and with a .shade of a.sli acro.s.s 

 till' bieast. There is a ))al(> superciliary stripe, but the lores are dusky. The wings and 

 tail are dark brown, nearly black, except the leaser wing-coverts, which are like the back; 

 the niidille and greater tippcMl with white. li>rniing two bands; the basal jiortion of the 

 primaries wliite ; most extended on the innc>r primaries. The outer tail-fealiiiu' is white, 

 sometimes .■\ little mottled; the seconii is mostly white, exci'pt on the outer web ami 

 towards th<' base; the third with a wnile spot on th(> end; the rest, except the middle, 

 very .slightly or not at all tipped wit'i white. The bill and legs are black. Length, O.oO; 

 wing, 4..")((; tail, .").(M». 



Youitij. iSimilar. but distinctly -potted with 

 dusky on the breast, and obsoletely on the back. 



Had. Xorth America, from ab(.ut 4(1^ (rare 

 in Ma.ssachusetts. Samuels), soutli to Mexico. 

 Said to occiu' in Cuba. 



The jMocking-Ilirds are closely allied, 

 requiring careful compiirison to distin- 

 giiisli thtnn. A near idly is ^^. (irjiJuim, 

 of Jamaica, but in this the outer feather 

 is white, and the I'd, :'.d, and 4th tail- 

 feathers are marked like the 1st, 2d, and 

 .■)d i>f ji(j/i/f//(if/ifs, resjiectiveiy. 



We have examined one hundred tuul 

 fourteen specimens, of the present species, 

 the .series embracing laige mimbers from 

 Florida, the l!io (irande. Cape St. Lucas, and Mazatlan, and numenms 

 sjiecimeiis from intermediate lucidities. The slight degree of variation 

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Miwifs poty^lnltits. 



