2IO LANIID^E : SHRIKES. 



Though the Loggerhead has been rated as a New 

 England bird at intervals for nearly forty years, the 

 earlier records are without exception so dubious that 

 Dr. Coues was obliged to omit the species from his list 

 of 1868, as having no proven right to a place there. 

 It now appears, however, that the various intimations 

 we have long had of the presence of a Shrike, not Z,. 

 borcalis, in New England, were founded in fact, though 

 none of the early indications were explicit enough to 

 be reliable. The occurrence of the true Loggerhead, 

 and also of the variety excubi tor ides, has lately been 

 established. The following is the authentic New Eng- 

 land record of ludovicianus : Purdie, Am. Nat., vii, 

 1873, p. 115 ; Massachusetts ; first authentic record for 

 that State. Maynard, Am. Sportsman, v, 1875, p. 

 313; Newtonville, Mass., 1874. Merriam, Rev. B. 

 Conn., 1877, p. 33 ; Portland, Connecticut, Nov., 1876. 



Allen, Bull. Essex Inst., x, 1878, p. 15; Lynn, 

 Mass., Nov., 1877. Purdie, Forest and Stream, xii, 

 1879, PP- J 66 265 ; Maine, breeding ! Brewer, Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, iv, 1879, P- I r 9 > Maine and Vermont, 

 breeding ! Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. , xx, 1879, P- 22 ^ 5 

 the same, very full account. Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Club, 

 iv, 1879, p. 186; Maine, breeding! Dcanc, Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, iv, 1879, P- TI 9 5 New Hampshire. Pur- 

 die, Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, 1879, P- T 86 ; Connecticut. 



Deane, Bull. Nutt. Club, v, 1880, p. 50; Maine, 

 breeding ! 



It is singular how rapidly the notices accumulated, 

 when once beginning, after so long a period of silence 

 or doubt on the subject. The best article is that fur- 

 nished by Dr. Brewer, who goes very fully into the 

 matter, giving the interesting details of the Logger- 



