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eggs and location attributed to the last species; eggs of the cedar 

 bird vary considerably. {Rev. C. J. Young.) 



At Ottawa this species builds in bushes or trees, generally in a 

 crotch or saddled on a limb, a nest composed of twigs, bark, leaves 

 and rootlets; Uned with fine grass, hair and wool; eggs 4, slate 

 blue, spotted and blotched with brownish-black. (G. R. White.) 

 Nests buUt in all kinds of trees, never very high up, and made of 

 various materials, such as twigs, grasses, rootlets, leaves, plant- 

 down, wool and hairs; four to six eggs are laid in Jjine, July and 

 August, near Ottawa and at Lake Nominingue 100 miles north of 

 it. (Garneau.) 



Family XLVII. LANIID.ffi. Shrikes. 



CCXLVI. LANIUS Linn^us. 1758. 



621. Northern Shrike. 



Lanius borealis Vieill. 1807. 



Not common at Fort Chimo, Labrador; breeds there; young taken 

 by the hand and unable to fly, June 30th, 1884; said to be common in 

 the southern portion of Labrador. (Packard.) A young female was 

 taken at Lake Melville, eastern Labrador, July 29th, 1891. (Norton.) 

 One observed at Moose Factory, June 9th, 1896; also one at Seal lake, 

 Labrador, July 24th; apparently rare. (Spreadborough.) Rather 

 rare in Newfoundland and may breed. (Reeks.) Rare in Nova 

 Scotia in winter; only single specimens seen. (Downs.) An un- 

 common migrant in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) One individual 

 seen on Sable island, N.S., in November, 1902, and one, November 

 • i6th, 1907. (/. Boutelier.) Seen at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, 

 on March 8th, and April 13th and 20th, 1902. (C. R. Harte.) An 

 uncommon faU and summer visitant at St. John, N.B. (Chamber- 

 lain.) A rare permanent resident at Scotch Lake, York county, 

 N.B.; possibly breeds. (yV. H. Moore.) Taken at Beauport; resi- 

 dent in Quebec. (Dionne.) A common winter visitant at Montreal ; 

 observed here from October 20th to April i ith, and I believe I saw 

 one as late as May 23rd, 1891, at C6te St. Antoine, on the mountain 

 side. (Wintle.) 



