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KEY TO TI1K BIRDS OF EASTKKN NOKTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY LANHD/E. 



Shrikes. 



Bill, strong, notched near the end, and decidedly hooked ; tarsus, 

 scutellate ; tail, rounded. But two species occur with us, both grayish 

 birds with blackish wings and tail and a stripe through the eye. 



Crown and back, gray ; underparts, 

 white; a patcli of black on the sides 

 of the head; wing less than 4.15 



inches long. 



Loggerhead Shrike. 



Lanins Ituluvicianiat. 

 See No. 40S. 



4G8 



Upper plum- 

 age, ash gray 



or gray tinged 

 with huff; un- 

 d e r pa r ts , 



ashy white, the feathers show- 

 ing numerous faint narrow 

 black bars ; a hlai-k streak from 

 hill through the eye; wing, 

 more than 4.15 inches long. 



Northern Shrike 



fi Imrt uli*. 

 See No. 4C>7. 



