THE BIRD BOOK 



6'22a. WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE. 

 ovicianus excubitorides. 



Lanius iud- 



Loggerhead Shrik 



Range. North America, west of the Plains, 

 breeding north to Manitoba and the Saskatch- 

 ewan; winters south to Mexico. 



Like the last but paler and the rump white. 

 Their nesting habits and eggs are in every re- 

 spect like those of the Loggerhead Shrike. 



()22b. CALIFORNIA SHRIKE. 



Lanius ludovicianus gambeli. 



Range. Pacific coast north to British Colum- 

 bia. 



Similar to the eastern form but with the 

 breast washed with brownish and with indis- 

 tinct wavy bars. The eggs cannot be distin- 

 guished from those of the others. 



622c. ISLAND SHRIKE. Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi. 



Range. Santa Barbara Islands, California. Like the last but smaller and 

 darker. Eggs not distinguishable. 



VIREOS. Family VIREONDID/E 



623. BLACK-WHISKERED VIREO. Vireosylva calidris 



barbatula. 



Range. A Central American species, breeding in Cuba, I 



Bahamas and southern Florida. 



Like the Red-eyed Vireo but with a J \, -r'fr <*<BM 



;5V BHk dusky streak on either side of the chin. ff/ 



They build pensile nests of strips of bark 

 afrd fibres, swung from the forks of 

 branches. The eggs cannot be distin- 

 guished from those of the next species, 

 White being white, more or less specked about 



the large end with reddish brown and umber. Size .78 x .55. A 



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