Fiscal Shrike, or Butcher Bird (Lanius collaris), with nest and eggs. 

 This familiar shrike is of high economic value, notwithstanding 

 its occasional habit of killing small birds temptingly exposed 

 in rages. The author has tested it with the Mantis, or Hottentot 

 God, Lady-Bird Beetle, and other beneficial insects, and has 

 found it does not eat them. 



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