THE SHRIKE. 







American Shrike, or Butcher Bird. 



European Slirike. 



Tin-: American Shrike, or Butcher Bird, extends its wanderings as far as Natchez, and is not uncommon m 

 Kentucky during severe winters. In March, it withdraws to the North, though some take up their summer 

 residence in the densest forests of Pennsylvania and New England. The principal food of the species is 

 large insects, as well as small birds, with the surplus of both of which the Shrike disposes in a very singu- 

 lar manner, by impaling them upon thorns. As the little American Butcher Bird, like his more common 

 European representatives prey upon birds, these impaled insects have been supposed 10 be lures to attract 

 his victims, but his courage and rapacity render such snares useless ami improbable, as he has beon known 

 with the temerity of a Falcon, to follow a bird into an open cage sooner than lose his quarry. 



Carolina Parrot 



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