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catcher, except that it changed its perch at each flight 

 taken. 



"It finally disappeared in a thicket and I looked in vain 

 to find its roosting place. 



"From the shape of the bill of the cedarbird (Ampelis 

 cedrorum) it might have been deemed a flycatcher, as 

 it really is if the catching of insects can make it such." 



"Winter resident. Common." (1891b). 



No. 436. Female. Greensboro. April 1, 1890*. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 437. Female. Greensboro. April 1, 1890. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 438. Male. Greensboro. April 1, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 439. Male. Greensboro. April 1, 1890. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 780. Male-juv. Greensboro. Oct. 22, 1890. 



No Odd specimen. No data. 



157. LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS LUDOVICIANUS (Linnseus). 



LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. 



"Butcher-bird." 



The first note of interest regarding this species is taken 

 in full from the Doctor's "Oological Register:" 



"No. 1. Name : Lanius ludovicianus. 



"Locality : Near Greensboro, Alabama. 



"Date : 25th April, 1887. 



"Collector: Wm. C. Avery, M. D. 



"Set 6. Identity : Shot parent.* Incubation advanced. 



"Nest : In a pine tree near the end of a limb and about 

 8 ft. from the ground. 



"Description of nest. Dimensions of nest: External 

 diameter 7 inches by 7 inches ; internal 4 inches by 3*4 

 inches ; depth two and a half inches. The nest is a large 

 structure for so small a bird ; the foundation is composed 

 of sticks, some of which are more than a foot long ; most 

 of these sticks are from thorn trees osage orange, plum 

 and honey locust; this frame of coarse sticks supports a 

 quantity of stalks of grass and bits of cotton ; the nest is 

 lined with fine bits of grass, cotton and feathers. 



"Dimensions of eggs : No. 1 .95 by .75. Dull white ; 

 wreathed with confluent blotches about the larger end; 

 color of spots and blotches brownish-black; specked with 

 the same color and having some small spots on the less 

 end and on the sides. No. 2 .96 by .76. Blotched with 

 wreath of blackish-brown about larger end, blotches 



