Mockingbird at West Haven, Conn.— A Mockingbird (Mimus 

 polyglottos polygloltos) appeared near the center of West Haven, Conn., 

 on November 8, 1916, and has been observed almost every day up to 

 January 22, 1917. It usually appears with a flock of Starlings. It pays 

 no attention to food put out for the birds but prefers to eat the berries of 

 the Bitter Sweet and Honeysuckle vines which grow along the fence. It 

 does not appear to be wild as on two occasions I have walked under the 

 apple tree in which it was perched.— N. E. Wilmot, Weal Haven, Conn. 



Mockingbirds {Mimus polyglottos polyglottos) Spending the Winter at 

 West Haven, Conn. — I announced in the April, 1917, number of 'The 

 Auk ' the presence of a Mockingbird in West Haven, Conn., from November 

 8, 1916, to March 24, 1917. 



On July 17, 1917, the bird returned and is passing the winter at the same 

 place. (January 20, 1918.) I^ast winter the bird would not take food 

 put out for it bat preferred to eat Honeysuclde and Bittersweet berries, 

 but this winter it takes food put out for it and has become so tame as to 

 aHght on the windowsill and eat food. I have also observed it eating the 

 dry seed pods of the asparagus which it swallowed whole as it does the 

 berries of the Bittersweet. 



On November 18, 1917, while at Colonial Park, a summer resort about 

 two miles from West Haven, I observed another Mocker which was eating 

 the berries of a Honeysuckle vine that grew along a fence. The extreme 

 cold weather during the last few days of December and the first of January, 

 I thought would surely kill our Mocker, but he came through all safe and 

 seems none the worse. During that time the thermometer went as low 

 as twelve degrees below zero, which proves that Mockingbirds are not 

 altogether southern birds but can stand our northern winters. The 

 plumage of this bird is quite different this winter, having a great deal more 

 white in the wings and tail so I would judge that it was a young bird when 

 it passed the winter of 1916 and 1917 with us.— Nelson E. Wilmot, 

 West Haven, Conn. 



