NOHTH AMERICAN BlliDS. 



417 



May. Mr. Scott notes it as rather commoa throughout the year about Tucson, 

 Arizona. In the Catalinas, at an altitude of 3700 feet, he found a nest of this species 

 containing five eggs almost ready to l?atch, April 1, 1885. Breeds as far north as 

 Northern New York and Northern New England. This is the common breeding 

 form in the northern portion of Ohio, where also occasionally well-marked indi- 

 viduals of ludovicianus are taken. Prof. Evermann states that until recently this 

 bird was a very rare resident of Carroll county, Indiana, becoming more common 

 since 1882.* This bird builds a nest and lays eggs in every particular like the 

 Loggerhead, and its general traits are the same. A large series of eggs from Cuya- 

 hoga and Huron counties, Ohio, do not exhibit any difference whatever. 



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* * European Shrike, Lanius minor, (From Brehm). 



6226. CALIFORNIA SHRIKE. Lanius ludovicianus 'ffambeli Ridgw. Geog. 

 Dist. — Coast of California. 



Mr. A. M. Shields states that this new variety of Shrike is well known in Los 

 Angeles county, from its frequent appearance in the orchards and gardens, and from 

 its favorite pastime of pulling off the heads of canaries, wherever a cage is hung in 

 the open air. My friend, Mr. Arnold Boyle, states that in the region about Banning, 

 California, this bird feeds largely on lizards, which it often impales on thorns and 

 leaves them sticking there. The nest is usually built in some scrubby tree — this 

 being like the structure made by ludovicianus or excubitortdes. Five sets of eggs in 



• Birds of Carroll county, Indiana, By Barton W Kvermann: 

 pp. 344-351; VI, pp. 22-30. 



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