THE MOCKING BIRD.

Tue wonderful Mocking Bird of Ame-
rica, is a native of Virginia and other
Southern States. It is about the size
and shape of a thrush, or shrike. Its
color is gray, with a reddish bill. It is
celebrated for its imitative powers, assum-
ing the tone of almost every animal of the
forest, whom it seems to delight in quiz-
zing, alluring at one time the smaller
birds by the call of their mates, terrifying
them when they come near with the
screams of some bird of prey; but its own
natural music is the most enchanting.
In his native groves, mounted upon the

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