Lanius boreal Is . 
Concord, Mass. Catching; a Warbler. 
1896. While standing in the middle of the dense oak woods be- 
! Oct. 24. tween the Mason Field and the river I saw a large bird which 
I took at first for a Jay chasing a Warbler through the tree 
tops. Back and forth they went passing directly over me sever 
al times. The Warbler seemed to be annoyed rather than fright 
ened and his pursuer did not appear to exert himself. Indeed 
during much of the time he seemed to be losing rather than 
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gaining ground but he kept steadily after the Warbler follow- 
ing^ 11 its twists and turns closely. I was beginning to won- 
der what it all meant when the two plunged into some dense 
foliage and the next instant came to the ground togetherjthe 
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Warbler chirping in sharp, agonized tones. I hurried to the 
spot and found that ray supposed Jay was a northern Shrike, a 
brown young bird. He was standing on the ground under the 
• trees shaking the poor, fluttering Warbler as a terrier shakes 
a rat. The Shrike soon flew off over the meadow carrying his 
prey in his bill. The Warbler's chirp sounded like that of a 
Blackpoll ' s . 
