418 XOUTIf AMKIilCAN lUHDS. 



and three and a Imlf in lieij>;]it. The cavity is |)ro])orti<)niitely larcje and 

 deep, having a diameter dl' hnir and a half indies, and a depth of two. 

 Except the hase, which is composed of a few twi^s and stalks of coarser 

 plants, the nest is made entirely of warm and soft materials, most elahorately 

 interw(n'ked together. These matt*rials are featliers from varions birds, fine 

 down of the Eider and other ducks, line mosses and lichens, slender stems, 

 grasses, etc., and are skilfully and artistically wrought into a beautiful and 

 symmetrical nest, strengthened by the interposition of a few slender twigs 

 and stems without affecting the general felt-like character of the whole. The 

 egg measures 1.10 inches by .SO, and is <»f a light greenish ground, marbled 

 and streaked with blotches of obscure-jjurple, clay-color, and rufous-brown. 



Sir John IJichardson found this a l>y no means unconuiion bird in tli(» 

 woody districts, at least as far as the sixteentli parallel. On account 

 of its resenddance to the Canada Jay, the Indians call id it the "White 

 AVhiskey-John." It remains all winter in the fur regions, but is much more 

 numerous in summer. He states that the nest is Ijuilt in the fork of a tree, 

 of dry grass and lichens neatly intertwined, and lined with feathers. 



Collurio ludovicianus, r.viRD. 



SOUTHEBN SHBIKE; L06GEBHEAD. 



Laniiis ludovicianus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 17o«», 134 (liasetl on Lnnius lud^n-icioniis, RnissoN, 

 II, 162, tab. XV, tig. 2.) — Ari). Orn. liiog. I, 1^31, :!(•<», j.l. xxxvii. — Ib. Birds Am. 

 IV, !•!. ccxxxvii. — C.vssin, Pr. A. N. 8c. lb.')7, 213. ^Jolbjrio ludovicianus, Baii;i>, 

 Birils N. Am. 1J<.')8, 325. Collurio ludiiv. Baiud, Kev. Am. B. 1864, 443. Lniius 

 ardnsinceus, Vifillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 81, pi. li. Lanius carolincnsis, WiL.<5, 

 Am. Orn. Ill, 1811, 57, pi. xxii, tig. 5. 



Hab. South Atlantic (and Gulf?) State.^. 



The young bird is (piite ditlerent from the adult, differing as does that of 

 cxciihitoroidcs, but the colors are all darker than in the corresponding age of 

 that species. 



Habits. This sj)ecies, if we regjird it as tlistinct from tlie ejxnhiforoidrs, 

 has apparently a very restricted distribution, being confined to the South 

 Atlantic and (Julf States. I am not aware that it has been found I'arther 

 nortli tlian Xortli C.'arolina. It is not common, according to Audubon, 

 either in Louisiana or ^lississij^pi, jind jaobably only occurs there in the 

 winter. I have had its eggs from South Candina, (Jeorgia, and Florida. 

 Dresser speaks of this Shrike as common in Texas in sunnner, and Or. 

 Woodhouse states that he found it verv abundant in Texas and the Indian 

 Territory. These ob-servations may probably a])ply to the kindred race, tv> 

 cuhitoroidcs, and not to this form. 



It is said to be exclusively a bird of the lowlands, and never to be met 

 with in the mountainous parts, even of its restricted habitat. 



