THE MOCKING BIRD. 
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are hardy birds, easily kept, sing six or eight months in the 
year, and are most lively in wet weather. They are 
generally known by the names; Red-Bird, Virginia Red- 
Bird, Virginia Nightingale, and Crested Red-Bird, to distin- 
guish them from another beautiful species, the Scarlet 
Tanager. 
I do not know that any successful attempts have been 
made to induce these birds to pair and breed in confinement ; 
but I have no doubt of its practicability, by proper manage- 
ment. Some months ago, I placed a young, unfledged 
cow-bird, whose mother, like the cuckoo of Europe, aban- 
dons her eggs and progeny to the mercy and management 
of other smaller birds, in the same cage with a Red-Bird, 
which fed and reared it with great tenderness. They both 
continue to inhabit the same cage, and I have hopes that 
the Red-Bird will finish his pupiFs education by teaching 
him his song. 
THE MOCKING BIRD. (Mimns Polyglottus .) 
This splendid songster is not remarkable for the beauty 
of his plumage. His general colour is ashy, whitish beneath, 
tips of the wing-coverts and lateral tail-feathers white; 
general form slender and graceful ; length nine inches and 
a half, extent thirteen inches. He is found in various parts 
