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THE OOLOGIST. 



The Butcher Birds and House Sparrows 

 are great enemies, and when the former be- 

 come pressed for food in winter, they bokl- 

 ly enter the cities and attack the Sparrows 

 and make great havoc among them. In 

 Boston, and also in Albany, N. Y., we 

 hear the Butcher Birds were particularly 

 troublesome, and it became necessary to 

 endeavor to check their attacks. So far 

 we have noticed no trouble of this kind, 

 though both the Shrikes and Sparrows are 

 abundant here during most of the year, par- 

 ticularly during winter and spring. From 

 the number of Cedar Birds and others that 

 winter in tlie city and vicinity, we might 

 venture that they form a good part of the 

 Butcher Bird's food. 



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