210 BIRDS—TURDID2. 
Rare summer resident. Accidental in winter. The Mockingbird so 
well known and admired as a cage bird and songster is of very rare 
occurrence in summer of late years in this State. I took one in 1855 in 
this vicinity. Mr. Charles Dury took two, a few years since, near Cin- 
cinnati. Mr. Langdon records a pair as breeding in Hamilton county in 
the same location for three successive years. He captured a specimen at 
Madisonville, January 1, 1877, when the ground was covered with snow. 
Dr. Kirtland stated that it was a frequent visitor in Southern Ohio. Mr. 
Read states that it is ‘“ rarely seen in Northern Ohio,” but that “single 
pairs nested in particular localities nearly every season.” Dr. Jno. Dar- 
by, of Cleveland, informs me that a pair of these birds built their nest 
and raised their young for several years near the residence of Dr. Kirt- 
land, at Rockport. I have heard of a single specimen being in the 
vicinity of this city within a couple of years. Reports of the occurrence 
of this bird are generally to be received with caution. The name 
“Mockingbird” is often applied to the Brown Thrush, and the Logger- 
head Shrike is often mistaken for it by the uninitiated, and its young 
sometimes brought to our market by the ignorant or designing, and sold 
for young Mockingbirds. 
MIMUS CAROLINENSIS (L.) Gr. 
Catbird. 
Turdus felivox, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163. 
Mimus felivox, READ, Fam. Visitor, iii, 1853, 399; Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi. 1853, 395. 
Mimus carolinensis, BAIRD, P. R. R. Rep., ix, 1858, 346.—WHEATON, Ohio Agri. Rep. for 
1860, 365, 375; Reprint, 1861, 7; Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 562 ; 
Reprint, 1875, 2.— Lanapon, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 3; Revised List, Jour. Cin. Soc, 
Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 169; Reprint, 3. 
Catbird, KiRTLAND, Fam. Visitor, i, 1850, 1.—BaLLou, Field and Forest, ii1, 1878, 136. 
Turdus felivox, VIELLOT, Ois. Am Sept., ii, 1807, 10. 
Mimus felivoxz, BONAPARTE. 
Mimus carolinensis, GRAY. 
Galeoscoptes carolinensis, BAIRD, BREWER, and Rip@way, North Am. Birds, i, 1874, 52. 
Wings but little shorter than tail. Dark slate color somewhat lighter below; crown 
of head, and tail black; under tail coverts dark chestnut. Length 8 to9; wing 33, 
tail 4. | 
Habitat, Nearly all the United States and British Provinces. North to 54°. West to 
Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, and Utah. South in winter to Panama, Mexico, and 
Cuba. Breeds throughout its range in North America. 
Abundant summer resident from April toOctober. Breeds abundantly. 
This is one of our best known birds, but unfortunately he is notorious 
