150 BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS 



thicket was his shambles, and if not interrupted, 

 he might have had a fine display of titbits in a 

 short time. 



The shrike is called a butcher from his habit 

 of sticking his meat upon hooks and points ; 

 further than that, he is a butcher because he de- 

 vours but a trifle of what he slays. 



