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boulevards but are most often seen in the Missouri bottoms and 
bluff regions. 
Family Lannpagr. Shrikes. 
LANIUS BOREALIS Vieillot. Northern Shrike. 
Rare winter visitant. 
The Northern Shrike is distinctly larger than the Migrant 
Shrike, and may be recognized in the field by its size by a care- 
ful observer familiar with the latter species. It may be looked 
for anywhere in the county during winter. It is never numer- 
ous and in some winters is not seen. It is likely to be met with 
any time between early November and late March or early 
April. 
Three specimens only are known to have been taken in this 
vicinity, November 24, 1901, January 18, 1909 (Dankers), the 
third date not being available. Bush gives several dates on 
which he has observed this bird. 
LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS EXCUBITORIDES Swainson. White-rumped 
Shrike. 
Accidental visitant. 
Only one specimen of this western shrike has ever been taken 
in the county (April 25, 1902), and it is considered only acci- 
dental. Its range in this latitude extends as far east as central 
Kansas. 
LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS MIGRANS W. Palmer. Migrant Shrike. 
Common summer resident; occasional winter resident. 
The Migrant Shrike is the breeding form for this district and 
arrives commonly from the 12th to 20th of March. It departs 
in late October and early November and a few may remain 
during mild and open winters. Even in severe winters an oc- 
casional bird is seen. 
This shrike is fairly common over the whole county but is 
most numerous on the prairies and open farming country, par- 
ticularly where the osage orange hedges afford it breeding 
places. It is seldom seen in the Swope Park neighborhood but 
is common south of the Country Club district and on the high 
country south and east of Forest Hill Cemetery and beyond 
Dodson. 
The nesting period is during the last two weeks of April and 
