PLATE XXVIII. 
The Butcher-Bird 
Is one of thofe which pays \m annual vifit to us about the month of May, and ftays until nefting 
feafon is over, he makes choice of fome remote place for his abode, and, if not deftroyed, will come 
to the fame fpot the next year; his neft is eafily found as he feldom leaves the fpot for any long time. 
It is a dull ftupid bird and not fond of moving far. It will bu.ld two or three times m a feafon 
the young ones alfo contmue near the fame place, the.r neft is compofed of dried rub:fhing grafs, 
lined with the fame, and intermixed with hair; they lay five eggs, of a du&y grey, as dcfcribed m tlie 
plate. As foon as building feafon is over, and the young ones ftrong enough for flight, we fee no 
more of them until the following May. It is a bird of no fong, nor any particular value. I have 
frequently remarked their mode of feeding, and obferved them luting on a tree, regardlefs of all 
around them, and on a f.dden dart down to their food, and inftantly reinftate themfclves on the bough 
to eat what they have caught, this they repeat when they fee their mtended food, which is caterpillars, 
beedes, grubs, fpiders, &c. Being a fpecies of carniverous bird they are never made choice of for 
the table. 
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