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50. (621) NORTHERN SHRIKE; BUTCHER BIRD 



A winter resident ; not common. It arrives from the 

 north during October and returns the first of April. 

 Occasionally it sings even in the winter, but more often 

 in February and March a medley of harsh calls inter- 

 spersed with some sweet notes suggesting the song of the 

 Catbird. It perches on the top of some tree or bush. 

 Nuttall speaks of its mimicking other birds so that in 

 some parts of New England it has been called a Mocking- 

 bird. He also heard one "employed in a low and soft 

 warble" and one of our bird-lovers has heard this per- 

 formance in the trees near her home as well as the notes 

 resembling the Catbird's song. April 5, 191 7, I heard one 

 mimicking grackles. Its usual note is harsh and grating, 



FAMILY WAXWINGS 



51. (619) CEDAR WAXWING; CHERRY BIRD 



A summer resident. Occasionally a few are seen in 

 the winter or early spring. The migrants arrive the last 

 of May. The earliest date I have is May 20. It nests 

 one of the latest of our summer residents, the latter part 

 of June or first of July, and often rears two broods. The 

 song is a lisping note. October 9, 1917, I saw a small 

 flock evidently preparing to go south. 



FAMILY SWALLOWS 



52. (616) BANK SWALLOW 



A very abundant summer resident where there are 

 sand banks. It has been reported at Lake Auburn as 

 early as April 19, but I never see it at the nesting places 

 near Riverside Cemetery till the first of May. In August 

 it gathers with other swallows at roosting places and 

 departs the first of September. 



