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Loggerhead Shrike 

 I. E. Hess. 



Perched on the topmost twig of an osage-orange tree, liis 

 gray suit and rounded form silouetted against the leaden 

 March sky, we see the first Loggerhead of tlie season. He- 

 is one of the earlier spring arrivals, being preceded only 

 by the Robin, Bluebird. Grackle and Song Sparrow. 



Totally ignoring the bleak nortli winds, and the gloomy 



Fig. 247. ADULT SHRIKE ON NEST. 



