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HIS bird is one 
ls of our regular 
“summer visitors,” reaching our shores towards the end of 
April, and taking its departure early in September. It is 
somewhat local as regards distribution, preferring the more 
wooded districts of the midland and southern counties. 
And in some of its habits it is not unlike a flycatcher. It 
has the same fondness, for example, for sitting upon a par- 
ticular branch, darting off from time to time in pursuit of a 
victim, and then returning to its perch. But it preys, not 
upon flies, but upon mice, small birds, and large insects, 
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