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the pane of glass near ibe cage, and tlie frightened Canary uttered 

 cries of ahirm, and fell to the bottom of its cage. The cause was 

 soon explained. A Shrike bad dashed upon the bird, unconscious 

 of the intervening glass, and was stretched upon the snow under 

 the window, stunned bj' the blow. He re\T[ved when taken up, and 

 lived several days, was sullen, but tame, and utterly devoid of fear. 

 He refused raw meat, but eagerly tore in pieces and devoured small 

 birds when given to him. His tameness and indifference to our 

 presence may have been occasioned by stupor arising from bis 

 injury. In another case a Shrike made a similar attack, but escaped 

 unharmed, and though he remained about the house several days, 

 was too wary to allow himself to be decoyed within gunshot." 

 (Bkewer.) 



Laniiis ludovicianus (Linn.) 



LOGGERHEAD SHEIKE. 

 ?opnlar synonyms. Louisiana Slirike; Carolina Slirike; Southern Butcher Biril; "Mock- 

 ing Bird;" Common American Shrike. 



a. ladovicianns. 

 Lanius ludovicianus Linn. S. N. cd. 12. i, 1706. 134.-Aui>. Orn. Blog. i, 1S31 300, pi- 37; B. 

 Am. iv. 1842. 135, pi. 237.— CouES, B. Col. Yal. 1878, Ml: 2d Cheek List. 1S82. No. 187. 

 — EiDGW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881. No. 149. 

 Collyrio luduvicia7ius Baird. B. N. Am. 1S58. 335; Cat. N. km. B. 1859. No. 237. 

 Coliurio ludovicianns Baibd, Review. ISGC, 443.— B. B. & IX. Hist. N. Am. B. i, 1874. 418. 

 pi. 19, flg. 4.— CouES, B. N. W. 1874. 23.3. 

 Lanius carolinensis Wlls. Am. Orn. iii, 1811, 57, pi. 22 fig. 5. 



b. exoubitorides.— White-rumped Shrike. 

 Lanius excubitorides Swains. & Rich. Faun. Bor. Am. ii. 1831. 115, pi. 34. 

 Collyrio excuhitoroidts Baied, B. N. Am. 1858, 52?'; ed. ISGO. pL 75, fig. 2; Cat. N. Am, B. 



1859, No. 238. 

 Coliurio excubitoroides Bated, Review, ISCli, 445. 

 Coliurio ludovicianus var. excubitoroides CouES. Key, 1872, 125; Check List 1873. No. 



135a; B. N. W. 1874, 102. 

 LaJiius ludovicianus excubitorides Coues.B.CoL'VilI. 1878,561; 2d Check List, 1882. 

 No. 188; 2d Key, 1884, 338.— Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1884, No. 149a. 

 I.anius mexicanus Bbehm. J. 1. 0. 1854. 145, 148. 

 Hab. Whole of temperate North America, including Mexico, but in many portions of 

 the Eastern Province very local. The so-called L. excubitorides mainly restricted to the 

 arid interior regions, from the Saskatchewan plains to the table-lands of Mexico, includ- 

 ing Lower California. 



Sp. Chab. Adult. Above ash-gray, usually somewhat paler— occasionally white — on 

 the upper tail-coverts, the tips of the longer and outermost scapulars distinctly white. 

 Wings and tail black; secondaries tipped with white, and primaries with a white patch at 

 the base; ends of tail-feathers, except middle pair, white, the outer rectrices sometimes 

 almost wholly white. Lores, orbits, and auriculars deep black. Lower parts entirely 

 white, the sides sometimes tinged with grayish. Bill and feet black, at all seasons; iris 

 brown. Young. Above brownish gray, vermiculated. except on middle of back, with 



