72 BIRDS OF ARKANSAS. 



March 23 (earliest record, March 21) and are last seen there about 

 September 21. I observed the species in small numbers at Lake 

 City, Walker Lake, Turrell, Arkansas City, Camden, Cotter, and 

 Mammoth Spring. McAtee found small numbers at Big Lake, June, 

 1911. It probably breeds sparingly throughout the State wherever 

 it can find suitable nesting sites. 



Cedar Waxwing. Bombycilla cedrorum. 



The cedar bird occurs as an irregular migrant and winter visitant 

 and in the northern part as a rare breeder. It is reported as breeding 

 at Clinton and was noted there also on November 10 and January 5 

 and 16. I saw a flock of 10 or 12 at Pettigrew on June 1, and the 

 species probably breeds in that vicinity and in other parts of the 

 Ozark region. A flock of 6, probably migrants, was noted at McGehee 

 May 17. Savage noted it during every month in summer at Delight, 

 but found no nests. At Helena the cedar bird is given by Mrs. 

 Stephenson as an irregular visitant noted on numerous dates between 

 February 4 and May 23 and in November. At Van Buren Hanna 

 observed several small flocks in December and early January. The 

 cedar bird feeds more extensively upon fruit and less upon insects 

 than most small birds, and its fondness for cherries has gained for it 

 the name of "cherry bird." However, examination of 152 stomachs 

 by the Biological Survey showed only 9 containing cherries, while 

 about three-fourths of the total food consisted of wild fruits or seeds. 

 Insects constitute about 13 per cent of its food, and include such 

 forms as cankerworms, grasshoppers, beetles, bugs, and scale insects. 

 In winter great flocks of these birds are often seen feeding on hack- 

 berries or other wild fruit. 



Northern Shrike. Lanius borealis. 



The northern shrike, or "butcher bird," is a rare winter visitant, 

 only two having been recorded — one seen at Fayetteville by Prof. 

 Harvey and the other at Van Buren in December, 1910, by Mr. 

 Hanna. Its habits are similar to those of its southern relative, the 

 loggerhead shrike. 



Migrant Shrike. Lanius ludovicianus migrans. 



This shrike, known as " loggerhead " and "French mocking bird" 

 in the South, is rather uncommon and of local distribution in summer 

 in Arkansas. It is common in migration and occurs also in winter, 

 probably more abundantly than in summer. It has been reported 

 in the breeding season at Clinton, Newport, and Helena, and in mi- 

 gration at Fort Smith, Fayetteville, and West Point. At Delight 

 specimens were taken August 8 and 22 and September 16 and 23. 

 In winter it has been reported from Fayetteville, Stuttgart (common; 



