THE BIRD BOOK 



-Loggerhead Sliiikt 



622n. W'liiTK-urMi'Ei) Shrike. LaniuN iud- 

 ovicianus e.rcnbitorides. 



Ilange. — North America, west of the Plains, 

 breeding north to Manitoba and the Saskatcli- 

 owan; winters south to Mexico. 



l^ilve the last but paler and the rump white. 

 Their nesting habits and eggs are in every re- 

 spect like those of the Loggerhead Shrike. 



(i'i'^b. Califoknia Shrike. 



lADiius huloviciaiiii.s- ga^ihcli. 



Range. — Pacific coast north to British Colum- 

 bia. 



Similar to the eastern form but with the 

 breast washed with brownish and with indis- 

 tinct wavy bars. The eggs cannot be distin- 

 guished from those of the others. 



622c. I.sLAND Shrike. lAiniux iudovicianu.s unthonyi. 



Range. — Santa Barbara Islands, California. Like the last but smaller and 

 darker. Eggs not distinguishable. 



VIREOS. Family VIREONDID.^ 



()2.S. 



Black-whiskered Vireo. Fircosi/lra calidri.s 

 harhatula. 

 Range. — A Central American species, breeding in Cuba, 

 Bahamas and southern Florida. 



^^ Like the Red-eyed Vireo but with a 



/V dusky streak on either side of the chin. 



They build pensile nests of strips of bark 

 and fibres, swung from the forks of 

 branches. The eggs cannot be distin- 

 guished from those of the next species, 

 will to being white, more or less specked about 



the large end with reddish brown and umber. Size .78 x .55. 



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622a — 622b 



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