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27^. Atnpelis cedroru^n (Yieim..) Cedar Waxwing-. 



Cedarbird. 



Breeding Range — Temperato N. A. 



Winter Distribution — About the same, spreading southward to Guate- 

 mala. 



Common resident, but of erratic occurrence. Flocks are fre- 

 quently but not regularly seen during winter and early spring, and 

 during June they occur in immense numbers, becoming scarcer 

 later in the summer. They are not common breeders in the vicinity 

 of Philadelphia. 



Family Laniidee — The Shrikes. 



Only two species occur on the Athintic slope. 



27iy. Lauius horealis Vieill. Northern Shrike. 



Breeding Range — Northern border of U. S., northward. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to the Potomac Valley. 



Rather rare winter visitant, occurring more plentifully in very 

 cold seasons. Specimens have been captured from Decemlier "2 to 

 February 5. In tlie northern portions of Pennsylvania this species 

 is said to be a more abundant winter visitant. 



276. Laniiis liidovicianns Linn Loggerhead Shrike. 



Breeding Range — Southern U. S., north regularly to Virginia and 



casually (?) farther. 

 Winter Distribution — About the same. 



Summer resident at Cape May, N. J., where a few have been ob- 

 served through the summers of 1890 and 1891 {Stone). Fartlier 

 north it is a rare straggler, though in 1878-9 Mr. Scott found quite 

 a number at Princeton, New Brunswick and Barnegat from August 

 to January, the following specimens having been secured recently : 



Haddonfield, X. J., Oct. 20, 1884, S. N. Rhoads. 



Collingdale, Delaware Co., Pa., Nov., 1892, C. A. Voelker. 



Fish House, Delaware River, near Phila., 1893, Gross [Coll. Acad. Nat. Sci.). 



