BIRD muM ss 



ville, Texas, March 27, 1876— G. H. Ragedale. vi., 23, 370— Nesting 

 at Gainesville, Texas, May 9, 1876 — Q. H. Ragsdale. 

 Mlmus polyglottns. Mocking Bird. . ii., 3, 36— Instance of a lady having 

 outside birds so tame that they would come at her call from the door, 

 at St. Augustine, Fla.— "Monmouth" (Aug. K. Egbert), ii., 9,135 

 —Found in Texas, ii., 26, 402— Found at Corinlh, Miss.— "Guyon" 

 (Col. Rawlinga Young), iv., 19, 292— Found at Round Mt., Texas— 

 J. T. Beeks. v., 4, 51 — Acciunt of one being killed in a cage by a 

 Loggerhead Shrike at Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 14, 1875. v., 22, 346— 

 One seen at Gainesville, Texas, Dec. 19, 1875 ; very late in the season 

 for them— G. H. Ragsdale. v., 24,'372-One seen Dec. 28, 1875; 

 probably the same one- G. H. Ragsdale. vi., 11, 163— Observed at 

 Leesburg," Va., April 3, 1876— E. IngersoU (authority), vi., 12, 180 

 Have a pure -wiate, live specimen — C. Jeff. Clark, vi , 22, 360 — 

 Noting a case of parental affection where the parents were consumed 

 with theirnest and young in a fire — " Guyon" (Col. Rawlings Young), 

 viii., 8, 112 — Popular account of the species — Mrs. Mary Treat, viii., 

 16, 241 — Very common in the southern part of Michigan ; occasion- 

 ally seen as far North as Sanilac County — "Archer" (G. A. Stock- 

 well), viii., 17, 268— Rare summei resident near Washington, D. C. 

 — (R. F. Boiseau). ix., 2, 34 — Describes their song — sing at night — 

 near Corinth, Miss.— "Guyon" (Col. Rawlings Young), x., 13. 235 

 — A young bird taken at Rockaway, L. I., Sept., 1871; probably 

 been bred in ihe vicinity ; a second specimen taken Nov. 7, 1877, an 

 adult male — N. T. Lawrence. 



DGssissippi Kite. See Ictinia mississippiensis. 



Mniotllta varja. Bteck and White Creeper, iv., 23, 358— Found at Pe- 

 troleum, W. VaX in spring — Ernest IngersoU. vi., 9, 132 — Common 

 during the spring and fall migrations at Ann Arbor Mich.; arrives 

 May 1 ; rare during the breeding season ; departs Sept. 1 — A. B. 

 Covert, vi., 15^ 233 — First arrivals at Riverdale, N. Y, April 30, 

 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 15, 233— Bare in Central New York ; 

 arrivesfirst week in May, and departs in Sept. — H. G. Fowler, vi., 

 19, 300 — Common during the migrations near Cleveland, Ohio, arriv- 

 ing about May 1 — H. Ernst, vi., 21, 338 — Noticed at Springfield, 

 Mass., between May 10 and 15, 1876— Fred. II. Keyes. vi., 22, 354 

 —Arrived at Hollis, N. H., May 2, 1875 ; May 2, 1876— W. H. Fox. 

 vi., 26, 418— Observed at Salem, Mass., May 13, 1876— R L 'New- 

 comb, viii., 3, 33 — Common in the rpigrations at Webster, N. H.; 

 less common in summer ; breeds; nesting on the ground; placed so 

 that the herbage of the year before formed a roof to the nest — Chas. F. 

 Goodhue, viii., 11, 160 — Bare in Central New York ; taken May 23, 

 1876— J. P. Hutchins. viii., 17, 261— Found in Michigan—" Archer " 

 (G. A. StockweU). viii., 17, 268— Found near Washington, D. C— 

 (R. F.. Boiseau). viii., 34, 400— Arrived at West Farms, N.Y., April 

 24, 1874; May 1, 1875; April 29, 1876— Winthrop G. Stevens, xi., 

 19, 379— Found on Lake George, Fla., in Aug., 1878— Wm. K. Lente. 

 xii., 4, 66 — Found in Nova Scotia^ J. Mattliew Jones, xii., 24, 464 

 — First seen at Summit, N. J.; April 33, 1879; breed here— -Geo. 

 Lavn-ence Nicholas. 



Moas. iv., 2, 21 — List of the Moas received froin New Zealand for the 

 Museum of Natural History, New York. 



Mocking Bird, See Mimus polygloWas. 



Mocking Wren. See Thryothonu ludoviciamis. 



Molothms ater. Cowbird. ii., 2, 22 — ^Mr. Boardman has albinos of this 



species — "Ornis" (Geo. Bird Grinnell). ii., 4, 58 — Large numbers 



passing northward over Long Island, March 5, 1874. ii., 11, 162 — 



Abundant in the Lake Okeechobee region, Florida — Fred. A. Ober. 



^. ii., 22, 341 — Found in Russell Co., Kansas; feeds on insects and seeds 



