MOCKING BIRD. 
'vhpn ’ back, are a dark, brownish ash, 
tiil ®6w moulted, a line light ffray: the wings 
®*Verf,s black, the lirst and second rows of 
a- ^ i" ’., ^die primary coverts, in some 
Tho wholly white, in others. tiii.reH u III, 
Th 
far 
a ‘ , w* ci IB, III suiUU 
"e tiira others, tinged ivith brown, 
•^^ee larst iirimane.s are white from their roots as 
- as fi, • die vviiuc ironi tlieir roots as 
coverts; the white on the next si.\ extends 
^^seeiia; * to one and three-fourths farther down, 
** cuiiejr'® on both sides of the feather; the tail 
**>« re,* t'*e two exterior feathers wholly white, 
is I middle ones, tipt with ivhite ; the 
** •irott n- V*"’ ‘'‘•«i“t, belly, and vent, 
'So .S;* "'hite, much purer in wild hiVds than in 
?«llowi , ‘“‘''® ^®®" domesticated; iris of the eye, 
Self coloured, inclining to golden; bill, 
fe * *'“*''*® lower mandible, whitish; len-s 
Wick, and strong. The female very mudi 
' male; what ditference there is, has been 
“■ pi'ccediug part of this account. 
'ii-Ush ^^'tug bird is spotted like that of the 
'’'at«fi^''*'®m Bartrara observes of the mockingbird, 
«''"t«ronT'^' V’ ”*■ y®“i lifo, they were 
®tOn»|, ' often staid all winter with us, or the year 
“‘® ''“'■'■Ws of ivy, smihux, grapes, 
b*y tve* ‘®'' ■mi’i'ici- The ivy {hedcra helex^ 
^'irope J’‘^®‘'®“lii'ly fond of; though a native of 
• * of tl k® “ooWiit plant adhering to the 
r**® is T fovcring many yards of surface; this 
IH'ediiri®'^^ ’*®''® n'ould feed and 
”0 the"?* '®'’'‘“'®'’’‘“*'*’“''®'’^*®''®''®®old weather, 
llso ,?| 1 P W the chimney to warm themselves.” 
r'ts fro. •“ ^ observed that the mocking bird 
r'^oIs on *“* stomach through his mouth the hard 
pulpy p®"*,®*’ smilax, grapes, &c. retaining 
Letter from Mr Bartram to the author. 
