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the pane of glass near the cage, and the frightened Canary uttered 

 cries of alarm, and fell to the bottom of its cage. The cause was 

 soon explained. A Shrike had dashed upon the bird, unconscious 

 of the intervening glass, and was stretched upon the snow under 

 the window, stunned by the blow. He revived when taken up, and 

 lived several days, was sullen, but tame, and utterly devoid of fear. 

 He refused raw meat, but eagerly tore in pieces and devoured small 

 birds when given to him. His tameness and indifference to our 

 presence may have been occasioned by stupor arising from his 

 injury. In another case a Shrike made a similar attack, but escaped 

 unharmed, and though he remained about the house several days, 

 was too wary to allow himself to be decoyed within gunshot." 

 (BREWER.) 



Lanius ludovicianus (Linn.) 



LOGGEEHEAD SHRIKE. 



Popular synonyms. Louisiana Shrike ; Carolina Shrike ; Southern Butcher Bird; "Mock- 

 ing Bird;" Common American Shrike. 



a. ludovicianus. 



Lanius ludovicianus LINN. S. N. ed. 12, i, 1766, 134. A UD. Orn. Biog. i, 1831. 300, pi. 37-; B. 

 Am. iv, 1842, 135, pi. 237. COUES, B. Col. Val. 1878, 561 ; 2d Check List, 1882, No. 187. 

 RIDGW. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 149. 



Collyrio ludovicianus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 325; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 237. 

 Collurio ludovicianus BAIED, Review, 1866, 443. B. B. & B. Hist. N. Am. B. i, 1874, 418, 



pi. 19, fig. 4. COUES, B. N. W. 1874, 23?. 

 Lanius carolinensis WILS. Am. Orn. iii, 1811, 57, pi. 22 flg. 5. 



b. excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. 



Lanius excubitorides SWAINS. & RICH. Faun. Bor. Am. ii. 1831. 115, pi. 34. 

 Collyrio excubitoroldes BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 527; ed. 18(10, pi. 75, fig. 2; Cat, N. Am. B. 



1859, No. 238. 



Collurio excubitoroides BAIRD, Review, 1866, 445. 

 Collurio luflovicianusvar. excubitoroides COUES, Key, 1872, 125; Check List 1873, No. 



135a; B. N. W. 1874, 102. 

 Lan ius hulovicianus excubitorides COUES, B. Col. Val. 1878. 561: 2d Check List, 1882. 



No. 188; 2d Key, 1884, 338. RIDGW. Norn. N. Am. B. 1884, No. 149a. 

 Lanius mexicanus BREHM, J. f. O. 1854, 145, 148. 



HAB. Whole of temperate North America, including Mexico, but in many portions of 

 the Eastern Province very local. The so-called /,. excubitorides mainly restricted to the 

 arid interior regions, from the Saskatchewan plains to the table-lands of Mexico, includ- 

 ing Lower California. 



SP. CHAR. Adult. Above ash-gray, usually somewhat paler occasionally white on 

 the upper tail-coverts, the tips of the longer and outermost scapulars distinctly white. 

 Wings and tail black; secondaries tipped with white, and primaries with a white patch at 

 the base; ends of tail-feathers, except, middle pair, white, the outer rectrices sometimes 

 almost wholly white. : Lores, orbits, and auriculars deep black. Lower parts entirely 

 white, the sides sometimes tinged with grayish. Bill and feet black, at all seasons; iris 

 brown. Young. Above brownish gray, vermiculated, except on middle of back, with 



