THE MOCKING BIRD. 
Synonymes. 
Turdus polyglottus , 
Polyglotte, Tourd poly- ) 
glotte, Grand Moqueur J 
VielzUngler Vogel, 
Tordo poligloto, 
Tordo polyglotto, 
Tordo poliglotto, 
Of the French. 
Of Ornithologists. 
Of the Germans. 
Of the Spaniards, 
Mocking Bird, 
Of the Portuguese, 
Of the Italians. 
V Of the British and 
\ Anglo-Americans. 
^^IIIS “unrivalled Orpheus of the forest and natural 
wonder of America,” inhabits the whole continent from 
vg / the state of Massachusetts along the Atlantic, including 
several of the West-India Islands, as far south as Brazil; and 
from the table lands of Mexico, along the very base of the 
Rocky Mountains to Oregon, and the western sources of the 
river Platte. In short, he appears to dwell permanently in the 
milder regions of the New World, in either hemisphere; and 
those bred north of the Delaware, on this side of the equator, 
are all that ever migrate, in autumn, to more congenial 
climes. 
The mocking bird, though destitute of brilliant plumage, is 
delicate and symmetrical in his proportions and beautiful 
in his form. His motions are easy, rapid, and graceful, per¬ 
petually animated with a playful caprice, and a look that 
appears full of shrewdness and intelligence. He listens with 
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