Mocking-Bird

The Mocking-Bird is familiar in his habits, frequenting gardens and orchards, and perching on the roofs of houses when singing, like the common Robin.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

While I was looking at the dreary prospect of desert, tired of my journey and longing for day, suddenly the notes of the Mocking-Bird came to my ear, and changed all my gloomy feelings into delight.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

Even the Mocking-Bird, as compared with many other species, is a very imperfect imitator of any notes which are difficult of execution.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

I heard the notes of the Mocking-Bird the first time in his native wilds, during a railroad journey by night, through the Pine Barrens of

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

There is a common saying, that the Mocking-Bird will die of chagrin, if placed in a cage by the side of a caged Bobolink, mortified because he cannot give utterance to his rapid notes.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

He is superior to the Mocking-Bird in variety, and is surpassed by him only in the intonation of some of his notes.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

But no person is ever tired of listening to the Red Mavis, who constantly varies his song, while the Mocking-Bird tires us with his repetitions, which are often continued to a ludicrous extreme.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

Regiment with its superb band playing the "Mocking-Bird," the shrill strains of the cornet, high above the volume of the music, pouring forth in exquisite clearness the notes of the bird.

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore

Nuttall says, "He is inferior only to the Mocking-Bird in musical talent"; but I should question his inferiority.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

As an original songster, judging him by what he is capable of performing, however unfrequently he may exercise his powers to the best advantage, the Mocking-Bird is probably equalled only by two or three of our singing-birds.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various