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TURDUS LIVIDUS. 
90 . TURDUS LiriBUS, WILSON. T. FELirOX, VIEILt. 
CAT BIRD. 
WILSON, PLATli XIV. FIO. III. 
We have here a very common and very numeroO’ 
species, in this part of the United States; and one i** 
W'ell known to all classes of people, as his favour'*‘^ 
briers, or blackberry bushes. In spring or summer, 
approaching thickets of brambles, the first salutati® 
you receive is from the cat bird ; and a stranger, nni'* 
quainted with its note, would instantly conclude t*’* 
some vagrant orphan kitten had got bewildered amo®- 
the briers, and wanted assistance ; so exactly doe.s t . 
call of the bird resemble the voice of that anin''^ 
Unsuspicious, and extremely familiar, he seems e' 
apprehensive of man than almost any other of 
summer visit.ants ; for whether in the woods, or in 
garden, where he frequently builds his nest, he 
allows you to pass without approaching to pay Ik 
respects, in his usual way. This humble familiaf^ 
and deference, from a stranger, too, who comes to r^^^ 
his young, and spend the summer with us, ought | 
entitle him to a full share of our hospitality. Sorrf^ 
am, however, to say, that this, in too many instai'‘^‘jj, 
is cruelty the reverse. Of this I will speak more p^** 
cularly in the sequel. . .fj 
About the 28th of February, the cat bird first 
in the lower parts of Georgia from the south, 
quently winters not far distant, probably in 
On the second week in April, he usually reaches 
part of Pennsylvania ; and about the beginning of 
has already succeeded in building his nest. The P' ^ 
chosen for this purpose is generally a thicket of I'U' > 
or brambles, a thorn busli, thick vine, or the fork 
small sapling; no great solicitude is shetvn for 
ment, though few birds appear more interested tof 
safety of their nest and young. The materials are 
