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Genus MIMUS Boie. 

 Mimus Boie, Isis, Oct. 1826, 972. Type, Turdus polygloUos Linn. 



703. Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). 



Mockingbird. 



Turdus polyglottos Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 169. 

 Mimus polyglottus Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 17. 

 [B253, 2S3«, 8, Rii, C 15.] 

 Geog. Dist. — United States, south into Mexico. Rare and of 

 irregular distribution from Maryland northward to Massachusetts, 

 and north of southern Ohio, Colorado, and southern California. 

 Bahamas. Casual on Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



Genus GALEOSCOPTES Cabanis. 



Galeoscoptes Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. Type, Muscicapa 

 caroUnensis Linn. 



704. G-aleoscoptes caroUnensis (Linn.). 



Catbird. 



Muscicapa caroUnensis Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 328. 

 Galeoscoptes caroUnensis Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 82. 

 [B254, C9, R 12, C 16.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States and British Provinces, west 

 to and including the Rocky Mountains ; occasional on the Pacific 

 coast, from British Columbia south to central California. Breeds 

 from the Gulf States northward to the Saskatchewan. Winters 

 in the Southern States, Cuba, and Middle America to Panama. 

 Bermuda, resident. Accidental in Europe. 



Genus HARPORHYNCHUS Cabanis. 



Subgenus METHRIOPTERXJS Reichenbach. 



Methriopterus Reich. Syst. Nat. 1850, pi. iv. Type, Turdus 

 rufus Linn. 



