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Loggerhead Shrike 

 I. E. Hess. 



Perched on the topmost twig of an osage-orange tree, his 

 gray suit and rounded form silouetted against the leaden 

 March sky, we see the first Loggerhead of the season. He 

 is one of the earlier spring arrivals, being preceded only 

 by the Robin, Bluebird. Grackle and Song Sparrow. 



Totally ignoring the bleak north winds, and the gloomy 



Fig. 247. ADULT SHRIKE OX NEST. 



