_Male_, 9-1/2, 13-1/2. _Female_, 9, 12-1/2.
From Texas to Massachusetts. In the interior up the Mississippi and Ohio, to Henderson in Kentucky. Abundant and resident in the southern parts.
Mocking Bird, Turdus polyglottus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 14.
Mocking Bird, Turdus polyglottus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 320.
Mocking Bird, Turdus polyglottus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 108; v. v. p. 438.
139. 2. Orpheus montanus, Townsend. Mountain Mocking-Bird.
Upper parts greyish-brown; feathers of the wings and tail greyish-black; tips of secondary coverts, edges of primary quills, and a large spot at the end of the three lateral tail-feathers, white; lower parts whitish, marked with triangular dusky spots, of which there is a distinct line from the base of the bill; throat, middle of the breast, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts, unspotted.
Orpheus montanus, Mountain Mocking-Bird, Towns. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, v. vii. p. 192.
Mountain Mocking Bird, Turdus montanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 487.
140. 3. Orpheus Carolinensis, Linn. Black-capped Mocking-Bird.--Cat Bird.
Blackish-grey, lighter beneath; upper part of head black; lower tail-coverts deep red. Female with the tints duller. Lateral tail-feathers more or less banded with lighter, sometimes whitish tints.
From Texas to Massachusetts, inland to the Missouri. Accidental in the Fur Countries. Constant resident in the Southern States. Abundant.
Cat Bird, Turdus lividus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 90.
Orpheus felivox, Cat Bird, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 192.
Cat Bird, Turdus felivox, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 332.
Cat Bird, Turdus felivox, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 171; v. v. p. 440.
141. 4. Orpheus rufus, Linn. Ferruginous Mocking-Bird.--Thrushes. Brown Thrush.
Bill and tail more elongated than in the other species, wings shorter. Upper parts light brownish-red; inner webs of quills dusky. Wings crossed by two white bars margined anteriorly with black, being on the tips of the first row of small and secondary coverts; lower parts yellowish-white, the breast and sides marked with triangular dark brown spots. Female smaller.
From Texas eastward, and to the Fur Countries, breeding everywhere. Abundant, and resident in the Southern and Western States.