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KEY- TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY LANIID^. 



Shrikes. 



Bill, strong, notched near the end, and decidedly hooked; tarsus, 

 scutellate; tail, rounded. But two species occur with us, both grayish 

 birds with blackish wings and tail and a stripe through the eye. 



Crown and back, gray ; underparts, 

 white; a patch of black on the side?: 

 of the head; wing less than 4.15 

 inches long. 



Loggerhead Shrike. 

 Lanms ludovicianns. 

 See 2<Io. 468. 



Upper plum- 

 age, ash gray 



(H" gray tinged 

 \vitlibuff;un= 

 d er parts, 

 ashy white, tlie feathers show- 

 ing numerous faint narrow 

 black bars ; a bhick streak from 

 l)ill through the eye; wing, 

 more than 4.15 inches long. 



Northern Shrike 



Lanius hvrealis. 

 See No. 467. 



