Mimus polyglottis. Mocking-Bied. An individual of this species 

 was seen on October 28, 1877, and on November 21, of the same year, a 

 specimen was shot from a fence by the roadside, by a friend, and kindly 

 presented to me. The bird had been observed near the same place on 

 the previous day feeding on the berries of a cedar (Juniperus mrginiana). 

 It proved to be a female, and was in good condition, the stomach contain- 

 ing cedar berries, and also those of the common poke or pigeon berry 

 {Phytolacca). I am aware of two specimens having been seen in the Cen- 

 tral Park within the last few years, probably wild birds ; and two have 

 recently been killed on Long Island by Newbold T. Lawrence* 



» Forest and Stream, Vol. X, No. 13, p. 235, May 2, 1878. 



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The Mockingbird at Barnegat, N. J., and on Long Island, N. Y. — 



On August 25, while in the vicinity of Barnegat, N. J., I was surprised 

 to see a pair of wild Mockingbirds {Mitnus polyglottos), and on inquiry 

 I found a man who said he had heard a Mockingbird singing several 

 times during the spring and early summer. On the following day I saw 

 another Mockingbird, presumably one of those I had seen the day pre- 

 vious, as it was near the same locality. 



On August 27, at Floral Park, L. I., I saw a strange bird light on the 

 top of one of the full-grown maple trees that line the avenue along which 

 I was walking. Before I had approached very near the bird again took 

 wing and from the manner of its flight, its size, and prominent white 

 patches upon its wing, I am confident that it was a Mockingbird. While 

 the distance was rather great to identify it absolutely, I know of no other 

 bird which could have shown such wing color, except the Red-headed 

 Woodpecker, but its manner of flight was not that of the Woodpecker, 

 and we certainly would not expect to see a Woodpecker perched 

 on the top branches of a treelike a Robin. — John Lewis Childs, 

 Floral Park, Long Island, N. Y. Aull, XVII, Oct., 1900, p. 3fO, 



Mimus polyglottos. A Mockingbird, in immature (breast- 

 spotted) plumage was killed on Rockaway Beach Sept. 14, 1902, 

 and kindly presented to the writer by Mr. Robt. L. Peavey of 

 Brooklyn. Another was reported killed here two weeks previously. 



Auk, XX, Jan., 1903, pp. SB: ^ 



