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Nesting dates. Earliest record. June ii, 1881, one egg (L. 

 B. B.) ; June 15, 1884, five eggs (Eames). Latest record. Aug. 

 23, 1874, four eggs (J. H. S.). Thirteen nests of this bird were 

 found in one thicket of young maples at West Haven in August 

 and September, igo6, and four other nests were discovered there 

 after the leaves had fallen (A. A. S.). 



A few of the rectrices are occasionally tipped with red in 

 both sexes, and more rarely in the male many of the primaries; 

 while the red tips of the secondaries are not unusual in juvenal 

 plumage. 



Family LANIIDiE. Shrikes. 



Lanius borealis Vieillot. Northern Shrike. 



A winter resident from November to March; probably occur- 

 ring regularly, but seldom in large numbers, and not nearly as 

 common at present as twenty years ago. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Nov. 6, 1901 ; Portland, Oct. 

 26, 1888. 



Latest record. New Haven, March 31, 1906, April 17, 1907 

 (A. A. S. and Pangburn), April 18, 1885 (F. W. Wentworth) ; 

 Portland, April 4, 1873. 



In March, before going north, the males occasionally mount 

 to the top of some tree standing in rather open country, and 

 warble in a harsh voice a song somewhat like that of a Bluebird. 

 This singing has been watched by L. B. B. on March 28, 1883, 

 and March 15, 1894, some of the notes on the latter occasion 

 resembling those of the Chickadee. 



Lanius ludovicianus migrans W. Palmer. Migrant Shrike. 



A rare and irregular fall migrant and winter resident from 

 August until February, occurring chiefly near the salt marshes 

 along the coast. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Aug. 18, 1903 ; Portland, Sept. 

 20, 1899. 



Latest record. New Haven, Feb. 15, 1902; Portland, April 

 II, 1900. 



Breeding record. Latter part of May, about 1893, Winchester, 

 nest with five eggs found in an apple orchard (Williams, recorded 

 by H. K. ].)} 



1 Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 306. 



