In N&rth-W&t Canada, ill 



inhabiting WOOdfl and thiekets. com ' 

 the seclusion of tin- thickest foliage. Tli- llaek-l>illed cnckoo 



ii .-I, tain.--! ill In-land. ami tin- yellow-hilled species has 



been shot n several occasions in Kngland. 



My wxt find was a n--t and tivc eggs of the great grey 



shrike. 'I'll.- M. -t ua> a lar^e. l.ulky stnirtuiv of twi^- the 



ami weeds. The eggs nr- lik- those of 



tin- whit. --ruinjH-.l shrike, with tin- exception of lieing a tritle 

 larger: they an- greenish gn : .1 ami blotched with ob- 



-. uiv j)urj>l- ami li^ r ht lm\vn. The great nortln-ni .shriki- 

 jili-iitil'ully around Crescmt L-iki-. AvxinilMii ;l . From 

 lii-n- 1 n- ( -.-i\i-.l a inunlxT of cluU-hi-s lust season. On compar- 

 ing i large series of eggs of the great northi-rn shrike with 

 ot' the white-ninij>e(l shrike, it is at once seen tln-\ 



in si/e. ami the eggs of both species vary c .xi.|i-ral!v 



in colour ami marking. The white-rumped shriki- is i-om- 

 iiion throughout Manitolia, where t>oth species are known as 

 tin- meat 1'inls, on account of their hultit of impaling small 

 1 tin Is ami insects on thorns ami sharp twigs. They an- <-ru--l. 

 i|uarn-|so]in- ami rapacious, ami are destructive to the smaller 

 l.inls. many of which they kill, simply eating out the br. 

 ami l.-avin^ the l>o<lit-s impaleil on a twig to lry in th.- sun. 

 From this hal.it they an- called luitcher l.inls. 



The great grey shrike is found in Ku rope, and breeds at 

 Yalk.-iiswaanl. in Holland, and I have a numU-r of sets that 

 w.-re eoll.-ct.-d in that country. It does not breed in th.- llrit- 

 ish Islands, liring only an occasional visitor there. 



Tin- whit.--rumped shrike 1. reeds commonly in Ontario, and 



1..-.-II takt-n m-ar Toronto. 



A pair ..f Haiti more orioles w.-n- Hying around, the mah- 

 l.ird pijin- they WOK .-vid.-ntly nesting s, .mewhere 



along the hank- .m. I -tartl.-d a l..-lt'd kin^tish. i 



from a fallen 1. ranch of a tn-- ..\.-rhanging the wat.-r. ai, 

 tle\\ This l.ird is common in < nt 



and frt-i|Uents all tin - north of Toronto which inpty 



th. M ;nto ]jik< ( hitario. 1 have only t \\ ic. taken th- 



to di^' down to its eggs. The first clutch 



