r,.\.\III).K--TIIK SIIKIKKS. 



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CoUurio borealis, l!\ii;i. 



GREAT NOBTHEEN SHRIKE, OR BUTCHER-BIRD. 



liiiiim hoi-riilh, Vikii.i.ut, His, Am. Srpl. I, i.xir, ski, |,1. 1. Sw. — Ani. Svii. - In. 

 Hiids Am. IV, lm-2, l;!ii, pi. oxx.vvi. Casmn. -Max, (ah. ,I(.im. VI, i.^r.S, liiu 

 (rplMTMUsoiiii). ,Imn|.;.s, Nat. |!,.|iiiii(la, }s:,:, .-,] (U'limula). l)|;i;ssi;i! & Sii.Uii'K, 

 1'. Z. S. 1870, SIM), t'li/h/n'ii Imtridis, 1!aii:|i, liinl.s \. Am. l.sr.,s, ;f-J|. ('(kipki! & 

 Si<-ki,i;y, v. I!. I!,.]). XII, ii, ISOd, ls."< (Wasliiimimi TiiiilmyK - Dam, .t lUsMsiKii, 

 2S0 lAla.ska). - Hamikl.s l'>inls N. Km- -Jil.S. fnlhirio horailis, ISamm., 1!,.v. .Vm. ]]', 

 18ti4, 4411. Liniiii.s r.ndhil,,,; Imuisiki;, I'liil. Tniiis. L.\||, 1771;, li.s-j ,,||,t „f l.rsN.Kr.s). 

 — \Vh,.siin, I, 1808, 74, pi. V, li^'. 1. hniiiis s,j,/,„fn'ii,i„!i.i, Hon. Syii. l.siS, 72 (not 

 ol'd.MHl.lN, wliifli i;aiiTi()t lie iilcntilicil a.s an .Vmcilian spicier). CikM'F.];, Orii. Ciil. 

 I, 187(1, l;i7. ~('Assi\, I'l. A. X. S,.. I8r,7, -Ji:!, -.Mini;AV, K,l, X,.«- I'liil. .I.air 

 XI, 18r.!l, 2-2;) (II. li. T.). 



IlAli. WlidJL- of Aiun-ica ii.n'lii el' riiili'd Slalcs; \n \viiil,-i- s,,iilh U, Wa.-liiii^loii. St. 

 Lotii.s, rawult (Ai-i/.oiia). anil Norlli CaliloMiia ; iirrniinla (wiiiliT, .I(im:s). 



Tlie (l.e.scrii)ti(iii of this iuid Uii' mioccodino- s|pwics will ii,. inuud on iva'^v 

 4IM. Ill wiiitiT, the colons, (;s]H'ciully of the iimniitmti Mids, aic (|inte 

 (lilfcnnit from Iho.sc (lu.scribcd. The ].liuiia,i;c of the iididt, in winter, dilfers 

 from that of s]mw^ as follows: the lores and iia.sal tidts are whiti.sh, instead 

 of pure, siiar])ly detined lilaek, with, 

 however, some of the hair-like Hlires 

 hlaekish. The ash uiiove is a little 

 less clear, the wlute lieneatli h^ss jmre; 

 the under mandihle whitish at the lia.se. 

 An imniature bird, in winter, has tiie ash 

 above overlaid by ii wash of reddish- 

 brown, pnnhieinj^' a j)revailiiiy uinforin 

 li<;iit-br(jwn tint ; the black on side of 

 head i.s reduced to an obsolete jmteh on 

 tiie ear-coverts. The; dull white beneath 

 is everywhere — sometimes even on the 

 hiwer tail-coverts — covered witii nu- 

 merous bars of dusky, more sharply 

 defined, and darker tiian in the adult. 



Ka.stern sjiecimens ajipear to have as mncli white nn the rump as Western 

 ones. 



llAlilTs. In tlie breed in^-sea.son this species of Shrike is found in all 

 North America north of the United States, and is .said to breed also witidn 

 our territory, in mountainous districts. Siu:h, at least, is the statement of 

 Mr. Andul)on, and Wilson leaves us to infer the same thiu"- bv uiviu"- a 

 minute desc,rii)tion of its nest and e.^i^s. Hut .ViKhilxiu may liave con- 

 founded this species with the (•,'r//('//7,(/„/,A,s, and Wd.sun. a|p])arenllv believing 

 our species and the f.rcHhittif oi Kurope to lie identical, may iiave had tlie 



f 'offliriti I .rrithilnrniilt ,s. 



