least 2 and the periods for the songs themselves were 

 for the first 3-4 and regularly 2 for the second. 



MOCKINGBIRD. The chief haunt of the Mocking- 

 bird at Aiken was the Spanish 

 Bayonet on one of the spikes of which they would 

 quietly sit or from which they would hurl forth their 

 medley for hours at a time. I have only heard them 

 singing on moonlight nights with which feat they have 

 heretofore been accredited but I have heard a bird 

 sing for over half an hour between twelve and one 

 o'clock at night on a night of early April when there 

 was no moonlight at all. The Mockingbird's flight 

 is slow, swift and straight, but with few wing-flaps, 

 giving the effect of gliding rather than propelling. 

 Among the birds which the Mockingbird mimicks I 

 have personally recorded the following: Titmouse, 

 Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Wood Thrush, Phoebe, and 

 Blue Jay. In 1915 the first notes of the Mocking- 

 bird were heard on January 4th, but a full song was 

 not noted until the 16th of the month. 



BROWN THRASHER. I have also heard the 



Thrasher imitate the 

 notes of the Wood Thrush, but the imitation was 

 softer than the original. In cold weather Thrashers 

 sing from the tops of trees, whereas during hot days 

 they sing from low bushes. They were first heard 

 during 1912 on March 17 and during 1913, March 

 1. They were seen carrying nesting materials on 

 March 30. 



RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. This bird was ob- 

 served feeding on 

 the seeds in the cones of the Long-needled Pine 

 (Pinus palustris). 



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