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308-703-(15). Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). * Mocking Bird. 



Possibly a rare accidental straggler from the south. One reported by E. L. Mose- 

 ley. This species is included in the manuscript list of the Birds about Detroit, by the 

 late Rev. Chs. Pox. 



Genus GALEOSCOPTES Cab. 



Cat-bird, natural size. 



309-704^(16). Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). * Cat-bird. 



Very common; throughout the state; usually in woodlands, though here at the 

 college where we protect the birds, they even breed freely on the campus; April and 

 May to Sept.; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "rare at Iron Mountain" (E. E. 

 Brewster); breeds; nests in shrubs; eggs four, rarely five, deep green; song pleasing 

 and varied. 



Genus HARPORHYNCHUS Cab. 



Brown Thrush, natural bize. 



310-705-(17). Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.). * Brown Thrush; Big Brown 

 Wren; Brown Thrasher; Brown Mocking Bird. 

 Very common, especially south; April to Sept.; " Grand Traverse County " (M. L. 

 Leach); '• April 28, 1891, at Grand Rapids" (E.B.Boies); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); "not seen in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "very common at Iron Mount- 

 ain, where with many other song birds they suffer seriously at the hands of the 

 Italians, who kill them for stews" (E.E.Brewster); not shy; strong singers; ." song 

 wonderfully rich, melodious and varied" (L. S. Foster); breeds; nests in bushes, occa - 

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