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Family LANIID^. Shrikes. 



Genus LANIUS Linn^us. 



B. 236. R. 148. C. 186. G. 70. U. 621. 



261. Lanius borealis Vieill. Northern Shrike. Winter sojourner; quite com- 

 mon. Leave in March. 



B. 237. R. 149. C. 187. G. 71. U. 622. 



262. Lanius ludovicianus Linn. Loggerhead Shrike. Prof. F. H. Snow, in 

 his catalogue of the birds of Kansas, says: "Several typical specimens of this 

 southern form have been taken." The birds so far have not come under my 

 observation in the State. 



B. 238. R. 149a. C. 188. G. 72. U. 622a. 



263. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (Swains.). White-rumped Shrike. 

 Summer resident; common; occasionally linger into winter. Arrive early in 

 the spring. Begin laying early in May. Nest in thorn trees, hedges and 

 briers, composed of small sticks and stems, with bits of leaves, wood, feathers, 

 and other soft fragmentary substances, sparingly woven in, lined with fine 

 stems of weeds and grasses, and in some cases hairs. Eggs, four to six; 

 1.02X.73; dull, yellowish white, spotted and blotched with ash-purple and 

 brown, more or less confluent, thickest around large end; in form oval. 



Family VIREONID^. Vireos. 



Genus VIREO Vieillot. 

 Subgenus VIREOSYLVA Bonaparte. 



B. 240. R, 135. C. 170. G. 64. U. 624. 



264. Vireo olivaceus (Linn.). Red-eyed Vireo. Summer resident; abundant. 

 Arrive the last of April to first of May. Begin laying about the 20th of May. 

 Nest pensile, suspended from the forks or twigs of forest trees, made of and 

 fastened to and around the limbs with lint-like fibers, shreds from weeds, vines, 

 bits of old leaves, spider-threads and cocoons, woven in and fastened together 

 with saliva, and lined with hair-like stems and rootlets; to be looked for any- 

 where from the lowest branches to near the tops of the tallest trees. Eggs, 

 three to five; .80x.56; pure white, thinly and irregularly sjiecked with reddish 

 brown, chiefly at large end; in form oval. 



B. 245. R. 139, 139a. C. 174, 175. G. 65. U. 627. 



265. Vireo gilvus (Vieill.). "Warbling Vireo. Summer resident; common. Ar- 

 rive the last of April to first of May. Begin laying about the 20th of May. 

 Nest of about the same material and in similar positions to the " Red-eyed," 

 but not so retiring; generally build in the vicinity of dwellings, and in make- 

 up more smooth and compact. Eggs, four or five; .75x.55; crystal white, 

 sparingly spotted at the larger end with light and dark brown; in form oval. 



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