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THE CATBIRD. 



No. III. 



CATBIRD. 



A, (). U. Xo. 704. Qaleoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). 



Description. — Adult : Slate-color, lightening almost imperceptibly below ; 

 black on top of head and on tail ; under tail-coverts chestnut, sometimes spotted 

 with slat}- ; bill and feet black. Length 8.00-9.35 (203.2-237.5) ; wing 3.^9 (91.2) ; 

 tail 3.65 (92.7); bill .62 (15.8). 



Recognition Marks. — Chewink size ; almost uniform slaty coloration dis- 

 tinctive. 



Nest, of twigs, weed-stalks, vegetable fibers, and trash, carefully lined with 

 fine rootlets, placed at indifferent heights in bushes or thickets. Eggs, 4-5, deep 

 emerald-green, glossy. Average size, .95 x .69 (24.1 x 17.5). 



General Range. — Eastern LInited States and British Provinces, west regu- 

 larly to and including the Rocky ^fountains, irregularly to the Pacific Coast from 

 British Columbia to central California. Breeds from the Gulf States northward to 

 the Saskatchewan. Winters in the southern states, Cuba, and middle America 

 to Panama. Bermuda, resident. Accidental in Europe. 



Range in Ohio. — Of general distribution in summer; abundant. 



A GOOD T'l.ACE FOR CA TRI l^iDS, 



r-liolo by the Autlior. 



