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SHUFFLEBOARD 



ter, while the latter is found principally south 

 of this area. Shrikes are easily recognized by 

 their strong, hooked beaks and their colors of 

 gray, black and white. They have a habit of 

 impaling the grasshop- 

 pers, mice and smaller 

 birds upon which they 

 prey on thorns, fence 

 barbs or forked twigs, 

 and of tearing them 

 to pieces in this k 

 convenient posi- 

 tion. Their nests 

 are built of small 

 sticks and grasses 

 in low trees or 

 bushes. The ' 

 eggs are three 

 to five in num- 

 ber, of a dull or 

 creamy white 

 color, thickly 

 marked with cin- 

 namon and lav- 

 ender. 



The shrikes of 

 the Old World 

 include a confus- 

 ing number of 

 species, only a 

 few of which are 

 true shrikes. It 



THE SHRIKE 



is said that the- name originated in imitation of 

 their harsh screeches or shrieks. 



SHRIMP, a group of shellfish resembling the 

 crawfish (which see) and of considerable com- 



A SHRIMP 



mercial importance as a food. The common 

 shrimp of the North Atlantic shores of Europe 

 and America is about two inches long and is 

 greenish-gray in color, with spots of brown. 

 Its body is delicately constructed and is semi- 

 transparent. The shrimp is provided with a 

 pair of long feelers, and its front pair of feet 

 have pincers for grasping prey. These animals 



frequent shallow waters where there is a sandy 

 bottom, and when in danger they hide in the 

 sand. They are caught in nets, and are mar- 

 keted in canned form. 



SHROVE TUESDAY, in the Roman Catholic 

 Church, is celebrated the day before Ash Wed- 

 nesday, which is the beginning of the Lenten 

 season. It was so called from the old custom 

 of confessing or receiving shrift on that day, 

 but at the present time, in most Catholic coun- 

 tries and communities, it is a great festival of 

 rejoicing, preceding the penitential season. It 

 is the Carnival of the Italians, the Mardi Gras 

 of the French and the Pancake Tuesday of the 

 English. In the city of New Orleans it has 

 been celebrated since 1857 by a wonderful 

 street pageant, brilliant masque balls and other 

 festivities. See MARDI GRAS. 



SHUFFLEBOARD, shuj"lbohrd, or SHOV- 

 ELBOARD, shuv"lbohrd, a game played in- 

 doors and on decks of ocean steamers. It is 

 played by two or four persons, each side using 

 four circular pieces of iron, which are slid along 

 the length of a ^ . 



board or on the 



deck, as the 



case may be. In 



the indoor game 



a sand-sprinkled 



board thirty feet 



long and with 



raised edges is 



used. Lines are 



drawn across the 



board five inches 



from each end, 



one being the SHUFFLEBOARD 



starting and the other the finishing line. The 



players slide the pieces in rotation. If a piece 



is left projecting over the edge of the board 



three points are counted for the player. If it 



rests between the finishing line and the edge, 



or on the line, two points are counted. If no 



piece is inside the line the one nearest to it 



scores one. A side first making twenty-one 



points wins. The players change ends following 



every round. 



The accompanying diagram shows the 

 method of marking the deck when the game 

 is played on shipboard. The players stand 

 nine or ten paces away, and in rotation push 

 the pieces (wooden weights) along the deck 

 with a long staff having a curved end. No 

 scores are counted until the end of a round, 

 as the weights may be knocked out by an 

 opponent or pushed into a better position by 



