452 ORNITnOLOGY. 



those of V. belli, of the eastern prairie districts, but they are somewhat 

 different. A single nest was found, the one in question being attached to 

 a forked twig of a K)W bush among the undergrowth of a dense willow 

 copse; it was about three feet from the gronnd, and contained no eggs. 



Lkt of specimens. 



47, S (ul; Sacramento, California, June 17, 1807. 5^— 7— •_'/,,— lfi—p'i5—fJ—2^=V 

 — 1 J. Ui)per mandible, dusky ; lower, browni.sli-white; iris, dark Lazcl ; tarsi and toes, 

 fine plumbeous-blue. 



55, i ad.; Sacramento, Juno 18, 1807. 5— 7— 2-,%— lT_g_| j_l>J— 1.}. Bill, black- 

 islibrown, commi.ssure and lower mandible, pale biownisli-lilaeeous; iris, dark bazel; 

 tarsi aud toes, deep ashyultramariiie. 



Family LANIIDJil — Sdrikes or Butcher Birds. 



COLLURIO BOREAL! S. 



Great niortlierii Shrike. 



Lanius borealis, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., 1, 1807, 90, pi. 50. 

 Colli/rio borealis, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858,324; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 18.59, No. 

 2;50. 



CoUurio borcaKs,:BAniTi, Review Am. B., 1866, 440. — CooPEU, Oru. Ca!., 137.— 

 CouES, Key, 1872, 125, fig. 73; Check List, 1873, No. 134 ; Birds N.W., 1874, 

 lOL— B. B. & U., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 415, pi. xix, ligs. 1, 2— IIen- 

 snAW, 1875, 233. 



During the winter of our residence at Cai'son City, several examples of 

 this northern bird were seen, but it was at all times less common than 

 the smaller species (C. excuhitoroides), and seemed to be confined to the shel- 

 tered ravines among the foot-hills of the mountains. Those observed were 

 perched on the summits of the willows along a stream, patiently surveying 

 the surrounding fields and thickets, after the manner of other species of the 

 genus. 



List of specimens. 



412, 9 ad.; Carson City, Nevada, February 21, 1868. 10J—14J— 411—3};.. Bill, 

 dull black, lower mandible more ashy, duller basally ; iris, umber; tarsi and toes, 

 black. 



45.5, 9 ad.; Carson City, March 25, 1808. l()A,_M5_M|.3_3j. Bill, nearly uni- 

 form dull slaty, lower mandible more ashy, paler basally ; iris, burnt-umber; tarsi and 

 toes, black. 



