MOCKING BIKD. 
The Mocking Bird or Polyglot Thrush 
is a native of most parts of America. This 
wonderful bM stands pre-eminent in 
powers of song. Not only are its natural 
notes bold and spirited, but it has the 
faculty of imitating with deceptive fidelity 
every sound it hears. To its flexible or- 
gans, the harsh setting of a saw, the song 
of a nightingale, the creaking of a wheel, 
the whistled tune of a passer-by, the full 
and mellow notes of the thrush, the bark- 
ing of a dog, the crowing of a cock, and 
the savage scream of the bald eagle, are 
eacli equally easy of execution, and follow 
