THE LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE 



made with them. All it required was kindness, patience and 

 grasshoppers, to coax them into any position; but they always 

 manifested their character. You could catch them looking very 

 dignified, but never Dove-like. 



On the whole I doubt if bird-land contains more interesting 

 and beautiful babies. Work about them was one long picnic, with 

 the exception of the snake and the leader of the Stanley Jierd. It 

 would be delightful if all birds had the Shrikes' trusting disposi- 

 tion and chose their beautiful and accessible locations. They fur- 

 nished subjects for some of my most characteristic work with 

 birds, and I can still smell the clover and hear the Bobolink. 



'All it required was patience and grasshoppers to coax them into any position' 



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