A Fiscal Shrike, or Butcher Bird (Lanius collaris), in the act of killing 

 a Cape Dormouse {Graphiurus muri?ius). 



The Dormouse preys on the young and eggs of birds. 



This familiar shrike, which is much persecuted by boys, eats various species 

 of hairy caterpillars which no other species of bird will touch. 



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