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Turdus fuscescens, SrEPHENS, Shaw’s Gen. Zool., x, 1817, 182. 
Turdus wilsonit, BONAPARTE, Journ. Phila. Acad., iv, 1824, 34. © 
Above uniform tawny. Below white, olive shaded on sides and strong fulvous tint on 
breast. Breast and sides of neck with small dusky spots. Length about 7; wing 4; 
tail 3. 
Habitat, Eastern North America. Colorado. Utah. Brazil. Panama. Cuba. 
Spring and fall migrant in Southern and Central Ohio. Summer resi- 
dent in Northern Ohio. Possibly breeds in all sections of the State. Mr. 
Langdon has met with it as late as June. I have never seen it here in 
July. It arrives in Central Ohio about May 1, and remains through the 
month. Begins to return in August. The fall migration is over by the 
middle of September. Is found in small companies and couples in wood- 
land and undergrowth, and is rather partial to low places. In this vicin- 
ity it seldom or never is in full song; but I have heard them occasionally 
singing a sweet continuous song in suppressed notes. At their breeding 
places their song is rich and varied, said to bear considerable resemblance 
to that of the Wood Thrush. The nest is loosely constructed, and placed 
on or near the ground. The eggs are light greenish-blue, unspotted, 
measuring .94 by .66. 
Sub-family MIMIN AX. Mockine THRusdes. 
Tarsi scutellate in front. Tail longer than wings. 
GENUS MIMUS. Boie. 
Bill shorter than head, distinctly notched near tip. Tarsus longer than middle toe 
and claw. 
Mimus poLtyeLortus (L.) Boie. 
Mockingbird. 
Turdus polyglottus, KIRTLAND, Ohid Geolog. Surv., 1838, 163, 181. 
Mimus polyglotius, READ, Fam. Visitor, iii, 1853, 3323; Proc. Philad. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 
1853, 395.— WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 365; Reprint, 1861, 7, 17; Food of 
Birds, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 562; Reprint, 1575, 2.—Couss, Birds of N. W.,, 
1¢74, 8; Birds of Col. Val., Part First, 1¢78, 56.—Lang@pon, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 
3; Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1, 1875, Li1; Reprint, 2; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soe. 
Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 169; Reprint, 3. 
Turdus polyglottus, LINNUS, Syst. Nat., i, 1758, 169. 
Minus polyglottus, Born, Isis, 1826, 972. 
Wings considerably shorter than tail. Above ashy gray. Below whitish; wings and 
tail blackish, the former with two white wing bars, and large white spot at base of 
primaries, latter with 1 to 3 outer feathers more or less white. Length 9-10; wing about 
4; tail about 5. Nest in bushes, of briars, leaves, etc ; eggs 3-6, greenish blue with 
brown spots. 
Southern United States, north casually to Massachusetts, rare north of latitude 38, 
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