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catcher, except that it changed its perch at each flight 

 taken. 



"It finally disappeared in a thicket and I looked in vain 

 to find its roosting place. 



"From the shape of the bill of the cedarbird {Ampelis 

 cedrorum) it might have been deemed a flycatcher, as 

 it really is if the catching of insects can make it such," 



"Winter resident. Common." (1891b). 



No. 436. Female. Greensboro. April 1, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 437. Female. Greensboro. April 1, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 438. Male. Greensboro. April 1, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 439. Male. Greensboro. April 1, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 780. Male-juy. Greensboro. Oct. 22, 1890. 



No Odd specimen. No data. 



157. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS LUDOVICIANUS (Linn^us). 



Loggerhead Shrike. 



"Butcher-bird." 



The first note of interest regarding this species is taken 

 in full from the Doctor's "Oological Register:" 



"No. 1. Name: Lanius ludovicianus. 



"Locality: Near Greensboro, Alabama. 



"Date: 25th April, 1887. 



"Collector : \Vm. C. Avery, M. D. 



"Set 6. Identity : Shot parent. Incubation advanced. 



"Nest : In a pine tree near the end of a limb and about 

 8 ft. from the ground. 



"Description of nest. Dimensions of nest : External 

 diameter 7 inches by 7 inches ; internal 4 inches by 314 

 inches ; depth tw^o and a half inches. The nest is a large 

 structure for so small a bird ; the foundation is composed 

 of sticks, some of which are more than a foot long ; most 

 of these sticks are from thorn trees — osage orange, plum 

 and honey locust; this frame of coarse sticks supports a 

 quantity of stalks of grass and bits of cotton ; the nest is 

 lined with fine bits of grass, cotton and feathers. 



"Dimensions of eggs : No. 1 .95 by .75. Dull white ; 

 wreathed with confluent blotches about the larger end ; 

 color of spots and blotches brownish-black; specked with 

 the same color and having some small spots on the less 

 end and on the sides. No. 2 .96 by .76. Blotched with 

 wreath of blackish-brown about larger end, blotches 



