328 POULTRY AND WILD BIRDS 
675 Water-thrush. S.R. 683 Yellow-breasted Chat. Rare 
675 a Grinnell Water-thrush. S.R. S.R. Commoner _ south- 
679 Mourning Warbler. S.R. ward. 
681 a Western Yellow-throat. S.R. 685 Wilson Warbler. Casual M. 
Western Dakota and west- 685 a Pileated Warbler. M. 
ward. 686 Canadian Warbler. M. and 
S.R. 
Pipit Family. — Birds about the size and appearance of Sparrows, 
usually found in open fields and pastures. They have a very long tail 
which they are in the habit of wagging 
up and down, as if to balance themselves. 
The Sprague Pipit has a wonderful song, 
considered superior to the Bobolink’s. 
697 Amezican Pipit. M. 
yoo Sprague Pipit. S.R. 
Wren and Mockingbird Family. — Birds 
living chiefly in bushes and small trees, 
having a long tail and a moderately long 
bill which in the Wrens and Thrasher is 
distinctly curved. The family embraces two widely different groups, — 
the Thrasher, Catbird, and Mockingbird forming one, and the Wrens 
the other. The first group have remarkable control of their voices, and 
their songs seem like interminable med- 
leys in which we may fancy they are 
mocking various other birds. The 
Wrens are small, brownish birds with 
indistinctly barred wings and tail and 
a very active, nervous manner. They 
are very musical also but their per- 
formance has no resemblance to that of 
Catbirds and Thrashers. All the birds 
of this family are insect eaters of the 
first rank. 
AMERICAN PIPIT 
704 Catbird. Length 9 inches. 
A common, slate-colored bird with 
almost black crown and tail; rusty 
