Note on Mimus polyglottus. — In the summer of 1879 I found on 

 the Platte River, about a mile west of Fort Fetterman, Wyoming, in Lat. 

 42° 23' 35" N. and Long. 105° 21' 4" W., a pair of Mocking-birds (Mimus 

 i>olyglottus) breeding; the nest was placed in a low Cottonwood, very near 

 the river bank. In the following year these birds, undoubtedly the same 

 pair, returned and reared a brood in identically the same place. This time 

 I secured the male bird ; and the specimen is now in my private collection. 



In the "Birds of the Colorado Valley" Dr. Coues tells us, when referring 

 to the limits of Mimus, that "the northermost records generally quoted fix 

 the limit in Massachusetts; but Dr. Brewer speaks of a single individual 

 seen near Calais, Me., by Mr. George A. Boardraan. Another record from 

 an extreme point, given by Dr. P. R. Hoy, is above quoted ; the extension 

 of the bird to Wisconsin, as there indicated, has been commonly over- 

 looked. Other States in which the bird is known to have occurred are 

 New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas. The 

 parallel of 40° N. has been named as its usual or normal limit," 



In view of these facts, and what I have learned from other ornithologists, 

 it seems to me that this case is entitled to record, as another interesting 

 instance, extending the limits of this bird. — R. W. Shufeldt, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Bull. K O. a '/.J'.ay, 1882, n. )^0. 



Longevity of Mockingbird. 



Mrs. Ilatlie Holmes, 51 and 54 Main street, 

 Woonsocket, R. I., lost one of hor feathered pets 

 Feb. 10, 1886, by death, the deceased being a 

 Mockingbird, which lived to the advanced age 

 of seventeen years, the usual longevity being only 

 six. — Woomockel Reporter. 



O.&O. XI. Mar. 1886. p. 7^' 



• Food of Some Raleig-h Birds. 

 O.S.Brimley. 



Mockingbird {Mimus polyglotus) . Feeds chief- 

 ly on insects in the summer, and berries in the 

 winter, sharing, however, the fondness of the 

 Catbird for small fruits, though not to so great 

 an extent. 



O.&O. XIII. Jan. 1888 p. 16 



