MOCKING BIRD 



March 21, i8g$ 

 (Augusta, Ga.) 



THE song is so like that of the brown 

 thrasher, and yet it is more varied, 

 and seems to me to have less of the bold 

 dash of that bird, and more sweet melody 

 in it. But it introduces more cat-calls and 

 uncouth noises, so that it is not as dignified 

 a performance as that of the brown 

 thrasher. 



April 1st. On hearing the song more 

 often it seems less attractive to me than 

 the thrasher's, though more remarkable. 



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