322 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus MIMUS Boie. 

 Mimt's Boie, ^sis, Oct. 1826, 972. Type, Turdus polyglottos Linn. 



703. Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). 



Mockingbird. 



Turdus polyglottos Linn. S. N. ed. 10, \. 1758, 169. 

 Mimus poiyglottus Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 17. 



[B 253, 253.2, C 8, R II, C 15.] 



Hab. United States, south into Mexico. Rare from New Jersey, 

 the Valley of the Ohio, Colorado, and California northward. 



Genus OALEOSCOPTES Cabanis. 



Galeoscoptes Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. Type, Muscicapa caroli- 

 nensis Linn. 



704. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). 



Catbird. 



Muscicapa carolinensis Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 328. 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. 



[B 254, C 9, R 12, C 16.] 



Hab. Eastern United States and British Provinces, west to and 

 including the Rocky Mountains ; occasional on the Pacific coast. 

 Winters in the Southern States, Cuba, and Middle America to Pan- 

 ama. Accidental in Europe. 



Genus HARPORH7NCHITS Cabanis. 



Subgenus METHRIOPTERUS Reichenbach. 



Methriopterus Reich. Syst. Nat. 1850, pi. iv. Type, Turdus rufus 

 Linn. 



705. Harporhynchus nifus (Linn.). 



Brown Thrasher. 



Turdus rufus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 169. 

 Harporhynchus rufus Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. 



