"Mo tes- Eggs of Thrushes & Thrashers. 

 H.G.Parker. 



Catbird (Qaleoscoptes carolinensis). Proba- 

 bly a more abundant bird than even the ubiqui- 

 tous Robin (Merula migratoria) ,a,B(i. to him who 

 is abroad in the early morning he exhibits a 

 power of mimicry and delightful song which 

 compares favorably with the efforts of any of 

 his fellows, though lacking the melodious and 

 liquid notes of the Wood Thrush. 



The eggs are of a bluish green, and fade 

 when exposed to light. In twenty-six nests 

 examined in May, 188.i, three contained sets of 

 Ave eggs each, and the remainder had either 

 foui- eggs or sets incomplete. Average size 



O.&O. XTI, May, 1837 p. 71 



I Catbibd (Galeoscoptes carolinensis). 



Nest and five eggs. Collector N. A. Eddy, 

 Lake Whitney, New Haven, Conn., May 

 i 22d, 1878 ; incubated. _ 



i 0.&0. Vll. Oct. 1882. p. /i,^. 



May 20, 1881, took a set of five 

 Oat^irdj eggs. Is this not an unusual 

 number? I have examined dozens of 

 nests of this bird, but never saw five e-gs 

 m a set until this year, when M. E. G and 

 myself have each taken a set of five — W. 

 W. WortAinc/ton, Shelter Island, New 

 1 ork. 



O.&O. Vll. Jul. 1882. p. /St 



O.&O V?M.:.:.ir. ;883.p.i^ 



Eggs in a Set.— May 30, '81, found set 

 of five Catbirds eggs— nest in hazel bush. ' 



Eggs in a Set.-Iu answer to note in 

 last number of O. and O. by W. W. W., of 

 Shelter Island, as to Catbirds laying five 

 eggs, I have known oF^^i nests with 

 that number in them, one found this year 

 at Peace Dale, R. I., another in vicinity of 

 Saratoga, N. T., taken by G. C. Rich, and 

 m my collection. This last was found 

 several years ago. 



0.*0. ▼lll.^«W883.P.^ 



While drivii,;. sheep to pasture on the lath of ,Tune :S83 



il l it":i:" "o ^■>^°" ^"^^^ 



11, i lonud It was a Catbird's, (Galmscrmtes car, 

 contammg five eggs. I think thiTiilhTSSF 

 ^^"'i ^ntaining so many iu this locality. 



O.&O. IX. Mar. 1884. p, JO 



Cat Bird, {Galeoscoptes carolinensis,) 

 yery plentiful here, and I only mention 

 ttem as we have found a number of nests 

 with five eggs in them. 



Notes, Fairbur^.Ul. 4. /^.o^cc^ 

 O.&O. V211. Feb. 1835. p.f 



G.H. Berry, Cedar Bapids. Iowa. 



. ^ set of five Catbird eggs, 



(spotted with d?ark brown, 



0. & O. Vol. 18. July. 1893 p, 99 



