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THE CAT-BIR D .—(Galeoseoptes Caroliniensis .)— Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
The Cat-bird receives its common name from 
its call note, which closely resembles themewing 
of a cat, and is used by both sexes. This is not 
a particularly agreeable sound, yet indicating, 
as it does, the fact that these beautiful birds are 
entirely at home in the thickets or shrubbery 
whence it proceeds, we like it. The cat-bird 
seeks rather than shuns the abodes of men. Its 
food is chiefly seeds, berries, and insects, and 
though it takes some of the fruit, its presence in 
our gardens and orchards is productive of great 
good. The song of the male is a soft, sweet 
medley, not unlike the songs of the brown thrush 
and mocking-bird. It is a good mimic, also, and 
caged it becomes quite proficient in this way, 
and may be taught to repeat a whistled strain 
much as the mocking-bird will do. The alarm 
note is an angry chatter. The nest is built in 
shrubs, and four or five bright green eggs are 
laid. These birds continue in our latitude 
from April to about the first of November. 
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