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AMERICAN ENITHOLOGY. 



CATBIRD. 



A.. O- U. No. 704 (Galeoscoptes carolinensis.) 



RANGE. 

 Eastern United States and southern Canada (in the interior); west 

 to the Rocky Mountains. Winters from the Southern States to Pan- 

 ama. 



DESCRIPTION. 

 Length, about 8 in.; extent, about 11 in.; tail, 3.5 in. Adults and 

 young: crown, black; under tail coverts, chestnut; rest of plumage, 

 gray, lighter beneath, darker above and shading into nearly black on 

 the tail; 



NEST AND EGGS. 



Catbirds nest in thickets, vines, bushes or low trees. It is rarely 

 placed more than ten feet from the ground, and is much oftener found 

 at less than six feet. The nests vary considerable in composition, but 

 are commonly made of twigs, grass, leaves and rootlets or grapevine; 

 it is nearly always lined with fine black roots. 



HABITS. 



The Catbird or "Mockingbird of the North" is a common dweller in 



CATBIRD'S NEST. 



J'hoto by J. B. Pardee. 



