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evenings. This man found a good many stings on the 
side of the toad’s throat, which had caught there when 
he swallowed the bees. Stings are probably not poison- 
ous to toads and bee-birds. 
Hardly anybody speaks a good word for the butcher- 
bird or shrike.! Yet this bird is not half so bad as 
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. 
most people think he is. It is true that he has been 
caught a few times in doing very naughty things, such 
as making a dinner on a small chicken, or on birds 
weaker than himself. 
But his most common food consists of insects, espe- 
1 Lantus ludovictanus. 
