Un livre de l'StatesExhibiting sa géographie, divisions, constitution et gouvernement ..et présentant une vue de la République en général, et des différents États ; avec un bref historique de la terre, de sa découverte jusqu'à aujourd'hui timeThe biographie d'environ deux cents des principaux hommes : une description des principales villes et villages ; avec des tableaux statistiques .. . :J'iiiniih liiin de sens. L'je nhir ..f iliis bird est un • Wilson. Géographie physique. 201 piily ihroat les cendres, et les parties inférieures sont blanc pur ; le plumage sur ihehead, mais pas la formation d'un cre

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A book of the United StatesExhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution, and government ..and presenting a view of the Republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land, from its first discovery to the present timeThe biography of about two hundred of the leading men: a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . :i iiiniih fnr liiin. The general i nhir ..f iliis bird is a dark • Wilson. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 201 piily ash, the ihroat and lower parts are pure white; the plumage on ihehead, though not forming a crest, is frequentlj^ erected, and discovers arich bed of orange color, called by the country peopie his crown; whenthe feathers lie close, this is concealed. The other principal Flycatchers are, the Great-crested, Arlcansas, Fork-tailed, Sicallow-fai/ed, Says, Pe^vif, nnd Olivc-sidcd; the last first describedby Mr. Nultall in his valuable work, from a specimen obtained at MountAuburn, now the celebrated cemetery in the neighborhood of Boston. The Mocking Bird is peculiar to the new world, and is found in muchlarger numbers in the southern than the northern states of the Union. Awarm climate and low country seem to be most congenial to its naturo.It feeds on berries and insects. The mocking bird, says Wilson, whosedescription has never been surpassed, builds his nest in different places, . Mocking Birds. according to the latitude in which he resides. A solitary thorn bush ; analmost impenetrable thicket; an orange tree, cedar, or holly bush, are fa-vorite spots. Always ready to defend, but never over anxious to concealhis nest, he very often builds within a small distance of a house ; and notunfrequently in a pear or apple tree, rarely higher than six or seven feetfrom the ground. The nest is composed of dry twigs, weeds, straw, wooland tow, ingeniously put together, and lined with fine fibrous roots. Dur-ing the time when the female is sitting, neither cat, dog, man, or any ani-

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