WOODLAND BIRDS. 



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No. 76. Butcher Bird. NORTHERN SHRIKE. 



Genus: Lanius. 

 Species: L. borealis. 



Family: Laniidse. 



Distribution: 



A winter resident or visitor. 



Genoal Flumasre- 



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Upper parts bluish gray; under parts wliite, finely marked 

 with black, eye stripe, wings and tail black, two latter marked 

 with white. Bill and feet black. Length about 10.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A song which has been taken for the mocking-bird's and a 

 cunous call note. ° 



Haunts: 



Marshes, fields and farming lands. 



