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LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. 
des along the front through each eye, half way down the side 
of the neck; eye dark hazel, sunk below the eyebrow; tail cunei- 
form, the four middle feathers wholly black, the four exterior 
ones on each side tipt more and more with white to the outer 
one which is nearly all white; whole lower parts white, and in 
some specimens, both of males and females, marked with trans- 
verse lines of very pale brown; bill and legs black. 
The female is considerably darker both above and below, but 
the black does not reach so high on the front; it is also rather 
less in size. 
