Mockingbird

“Mocking-Birds. Bill much shorter than head, scarcely curved as a whole, but with gently-curved commissure, notched near the end. Rictal vibrissae well developed. Tail rather longer than wings, rounded, the lateral feathers being considerably graduated. Wings rounded. (Tarsal scutella sometimes obsolete.) Tarsi longer than the middle toe and claw. Of this genus there are two well marked sections (represented by the mocking-bird and cat-bird respectively), which ay be distinguished by color:” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, Mockingbird, song bird, Mimidae, ornithology, mocking bird, North American birds, bird sketch, new world passerine birds, miminae, mimicking bird

Galleries

Birds: M-O, Florida Plants and Animals

Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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