176 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



BOMBYCILLIDAE. 



CONN. Common migrant and summer resident; irregular 

 in winter. Eggs, June 20-Aug. 1 (Aug. 27). 



LANIIDAE. 



325. LANIUS BOREALIS Vieillot. 

 Northern shrike; Butcher-bird. 



Vieill., Hist. nat. ois. Ame"r. Sept., 1807, vol. 1, p. 80, pi. 50. 

 "CANADA ET SUR-TOUT LA BAIE D'HUDSON." Audubon, Birds 

 of Amer., 1842, vol. 4, p. 130, pi. 236. 



Open country and edges of woods; nests in trees. 



ME. Uncommon winter resident; supposed breeding records 

 refer to L. I. migrans. Oct. 15- April 17. 



N. H. Uncommon winter resident at lower elevations. Nov. 

 12-April. 



VT. Uncommon winter resident. Fall-April 13. 



MASS. Uncommon winter resident. (Oct. 6) Oct. 12-April 

 16 (May). 



R. I. Uncommon, irregular winter resident. Nov. 28-Mar. 23. 



CONN. Irregular winter resident, sometimes common. Oct. 

 29-Mar. 24 (April 11). 



326. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS Linne". 

 Loggerhead shrike. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p ; 134. "IN LUDOVICIA." 

 Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1904, pt. 3, p. 241. Audubon, 

 Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 4, pi. 237. 



Open country; nests in trees. 



CONN. Accidental visitor: South Norwalk, Feb. 17, 1905 

 (J. A. Allen). 



