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vidual. The most of my dates of first appearance fall within 
the first week of May, but there is one record for March 
15,1901. The last have gone north by May 20. I have 
but one autumn record, which is October 19, 1896. 
While the Pipit is a bird of the fields it may also perch in 
trees, and in that particular differs from the Horned Larks, 
which it somewhat closely resembles in general habits and 
appearance. The slight wag to the tail is always a good field 
mark. 
From the habits and haunts of these birds one would con- 
clude that their chief food must be the larvee of insects, with 
perhaps a good deal of weed seed or grain of one sort or an- 
other. They are fond of searching over newly plowed 
fields, where they may be seen feeding. 
Family TROGLODYTID/. Mockers, Thrashers, Wrens. 
This family is so varied that it seems best to subdivide it 
into the two subfamilies. 
Subfamily MIMINZAZ. Mockers, Catbirds, Thrashers. 
To this subfamily belong the larger birds which are nearly 
the size of the Robin. Three species occur in Ohio, one of 
them rarely, while the other two are common enough to be 
well known. The Catbird is the familiar slate-colored bird 
of the brushy tangles of the woods or garden, while the 
Brown Thrasher is more often seen along hedgerows where 
it nests. All members of this subfamily are famous singers 
and mockers. 
275. (703.) Mimus potyctottos (Linn.). 7. 
Mockingbird. 
Synonyms: Turdus polyglottus. 
Mocking Thrush, Mimic Thrush. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163, 181. 
As an.Ohio bird the Mockingbird is certainly rare. The 
unquestioned records seem to be as follows: Cincinnati, 
Langdon, Dury; Waverly, Henninger; Perry, Beeman; 
