BIRD BANDING, THE TELLTALE OF MIGRATORY FLIGHT 



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Photograph by S. Prentiss Baldwin 



THIS MASKED MARAUDER IS A FIERCE DESTROYER OF SMAEE BIRDS 



The Shrikes are, perhaps, better known as "Butcher Birds," and they well deserve the name. 

 Voracious feeders, they live on small birds, mice, small snakes, lizards, and insects. They fre- 

 cjuently kill more than they can eat and hang the surplus on a convenient thorn bush. 



Photograph by J. W. Stack 



TWO WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS AWAIT THEIR BANDS 



Although among the sweetest and most plaintive of singers, the "White-throat" is not too 

 well known, for his favorite summer haunts are in northern forests. His voice is not his only 

 claim to distinction, however, since he is also one of the handsomest of the Sparrows. 



