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Family LANIID2E. 

 Genus Collurio Vigors. 



79. O. borealis 13d. GREAT NORTHERN SHUIKE. Regular winter 

 resident. Arrives the last of October and generally departs the last 

 of March. Sometimes they remain late in the season and may breed. 



80. C. ludovicianus var, ludovicianus Linn. LOOGERIIEAD 

 SHRIKE. Common summer resident throughout the state. I have ob- 

 tained its nest with a full set of eggs early in April, near Chicago. It 

 genera ly arrives about the middle of March. 



A small series of shrikes from the northern and southern extremes 

 of the state have been submitted to my friend, Mr. J. A. Allen, who 

 replies as follows : " They all belong decidedly to var. ludovicianus, 

 though somewhat lighter than Florida specimens, with smal er bills, 

 etc. There is a slight approach in some of them to cxcubitor aides, 

 but the resemblance to Florida specimens is far greater than to spec- 

 imens from the West Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, etc." During the 

 past two years I have examined a large number of shrikes from north- 

 ern Illinois, and have found them, in nearly all cases, to be much 

 nearer ludovicianua than excubitoroides. Specimens obtained in the 

 Wabash Valley and other parts of Southern Illinois, exhibit the same 

 characteristics in about equal proportion, as far as the number of 

 specimens seen would permit me to judge. 



80. Var. excubitoroides -also occurs throughout the state, 

 especially upon the prairies, but is much less numerous than the east- 

 ern form. Their habits are identical. 



Family TANAGRID.ZG. 

 Genus Pyranga. 



81. P. rubra Vieill. SCARLET TANAGER. Common summer resi- 

 dent. Arrives May 8th and leaves early in autumn. 



82. P. sestiva Vieill. SUMMER BED-BIRD. A rare summer visit- 

 ant. I know of but few instances of its occurrence. 



Family 



Genus Hesperiphona JBonap. 



83. H. vespertina Bonap. EVENING GROSBEAK. A winter vis- 

 itant occurring at irregular intervals. The winter of 1871 they were 

 quite common throughout the northern portion of the state. The 

 following winter they were much rarer, and since then but very few 

 have been seen. I am told that formerly, it was of much more reg- 

 ular occurrence. 



