Two white bands on each wing, and white spots on the end of the tail.
A Summer Citizen of the western United States.
A Ground Gleaner, Tree Trapper, and Seed Sower.
THE MOCKINGBIRD
"Mammy Bun knows about Mockingbirds," said Dodo. "She says the bushes were full of them down in Louisiana where she was born, and that sometimes they used to sit on the top of the cabins and sing so loud at night, when the moon shone, that the children couldn't go to sleep, and they had to throw sticks and things at them."
"Did the children throw sticks at the birds, or the birds pelt the children?" laughed the Doctor—for poor Dodo was famous for mixing up her sentences.
"No, no, Uncle Roy, neither; the children's mothers threw the sticks at the Mockers."
"What else did Mammy Bun tell you?"
"Lots and lots of things, and a song, too, that her people used to sing about the Mockers, only I can't tell it as she does because you know she has a sort of language all her own."
"Suppose we ask mammy to come and tell us about the Mockingbirds herself," said Olive, "May we, father?"