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subsist on mice, moles and small birds. 'Hie Northern 

 Shrike, assassin like, will conceal himself in bushes and 

 imitate the cries of other birds in distress, and when 

 thay come si-flicicutly near his ambush he will, to their 

 great oomsternation, lly into their midst and seize one 

 of their numiber. He has been known to capture 

 Robin, Snow-birds (Juncos) and other kinds of Spar- 

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