THE SHRIKE. 



American Shrike, or Butcher Bird. 



European Shrike. 



The American Shrike, or Butcher Bird, extends its wanderings as far as Natchez, and is not uncommon in 

 Kentucky during severe winters. In March, it withdraws to the North, though some take up their summer 

 residence in the densest forests of Pennsylvania and New England. The principal food of ths species is 

 large insects, as well as small birds, with the surplus of both of which the Shrike disposes in a very singu- 

 lar manner, by impaling them upon thorns. As the little American Butcher Bird, like his more common 

 European representatives prey upon birds, these impaled insects have been supposed to be lures to attract 

 his victims, but his courage and rapacity render such snares useless and improbable, as he has be *n known, 

 with the temerity of a Falcon, to follow a bird into an open cage sooner than lose his quarry. 



Feeding the Parrot 

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Carolina Parrot. 



