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Tvrdue Jusceswna, Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., x, 1817, 182. 

 Turdua wilsonii, Bonaparte, Journ. Phila. Acad., iv, 1824, 34. 



Above uniform tawoy. Below white, olive shaded on sides and strong fulvous tint on 

 breast. Breast and sides of neck with small dus^y spots. Length about?; wing 4 ; 

 tail 3. 



Habitat, Eastern North America. Colorado. Utah. Brazil. Panama. Cuba. 



Spring and fall migrant in South ern and Central Ohio. Summer resi- 

 dent in Northern Ohio. Possibly breeds in all sections of the State. Mr. 

 Langdon has met with it as late as June. I have never seen it here in 

 July. It arrives in Central Ohio about May 1, and remains through the 

 month. Begins to return in August. The fall migration is over by the 

 middle of September. Is found in small companies and couples in wood- 

 land and undergrowth, and is rather partial to low places. In this vicin- 

 ity it seldom or never is in full song; but I have heard them occasionally 

 singing a sweet continuous song in suppressed notes. At their breeding 

 places their song is rich and varied, said to bear considerable resemblance 

 to that of the Wood Thrush. The nest is loosely constructed, ^nd placed 

 on or near the ground. The eggs are light greenish-blue, unspotted, 

 measuring .94 by .66. ' 



Sub-family MIMIN.^. Mocking TnEueHES. 

 Tarsi scntellate in front. Tail longer than wings. 



Genus MIMUS. Boie. 



Bill shorter than head, distinctly notched near tip. Tarsus longer than middle toe 

 and olaw. 



MiMus POLYGLOTTUS (L.) Boie. 



MCocliingbird. 



Turdus polyglottus, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Snrv., 1838, 163, 161. 



Mimws polyglottus, Read, Fam. Visitor,- iii, 1853, 383 ; Proc. Philad. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 

 1853, 395.— Wheaton, Ohio Agrio. Kep. for 1860, 36.5 ; Reprint, 1861, 7, 17 ; Food of 

 Birds, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 562 ; Reprint, 1875, 2.— Coues, Birds of N. W., 

 1874, 8; Birds of Col. Val , Part First, 1878, 56.— Langdon, Cat. Birds of Gin., 1877, 

 3; Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1878, 111 ; Reprint, 2; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 169 ; Reprint, 3. 



Turdua polyglottus, LiNN^asus, Syst. Nat., i, 1758, 169. 

 Mimua polyglottus, Boie, Isie, 1826, 972. 



Wings considerably shorter than tail. Above ashy gray. Below whitish; wings and 

 tail blackish, the former with two white wing bars, and large white spot at base of 

 primaries, latter with 1 to 3 outer feathers more or less white. Length 9-10; wing about 

 4; tail about 5. Nest in bushes, of briars, leaves, etc ; eggs 3-6, greenish blue with 

 brown spots. 



Southern United States, north casually to Massachusetts, rare north of latitude 38'-'. 



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