, CAT-BIRD. 
MIMUS CAROLINENSIS. 
HIS very common bird sings early in the morning 
and a good part of the day. He has not a strong 
voice, nor has he really a tune of hisown. With some- 
thing of the style of the brown thrush, he is not his 
equal in song. The cat-bird is generally considered a 
mocking-bird. He does make use of the notes of different 
birds, delivering them in snatchy, disconnected fashion ; 
and his performance, on the whole, is very interesting, 
given, as it is, in a lively manner, with an occasional tone 
truly sweet and musical. Much of his singing, how- 
ever, is mere twitter, often little more than a succession 
of squeaks, too antic to be put on paper. 
It is easy to trace in the cat-bird’s singing the notes of 
the red-eyed vireo, the brown thrasher, the bluebird, the 
robin and the yellow-breasted chat. 
