THE CAT 5IRD. 
Synonymes. 
de Vir- ) 
• de Vir- > 
lant, ) 
Turdus felivox , 
Gobe-raouche brim de Vir- 
ginie, Moucberolle 
ginie, Tourd tniaulant, 
Miauendrossel, 
Tordo de mauUido, 
Tordo miante, 
Tordo miagolare, 
Cat Bird, 
Of ORNITHOLOGISTS. 
Cf the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Of the Spaniards. 
Of the Portuguese. 
Of the Italians. 
I Of the British and 
1 Anglo-Americans. 
NE of the most remarkable propensities of this quaint 
and familiar songster, which inhabits almost every 
part of North America from Mexico to Canada, and 
even Kamtschatka, is the unpleasant, loud, grating, and 
grimalkin-like mew, (’ pay ,) that it often utters, on being 
offended or approached; and thus coupled with the name of a 
44 wizzard animal,” so much disliked by many, this delightful 
vocalist, which seeks out the very society of man, and 
reposes an unmerited confidence in his protection, is generally 
treated with undeserved obloquy and contempt. 
44 The cat bird,” says Nuttall, 44 often tunes his cheerful song 
before the break of day, hopping from bush to bush, with great 
agility, after his insect prey, while yet scarcely distinguish¬ 
able amidst the dusky shadows of the dawn. The notes of 
different individuals vary considerably, so that sometimes his 
song, in sweetness and compass, is scarcely at all inferior to 
