Lantus boreal is . 
Concord, 
1898 . 
April 1 . 
[ass. Disperses a flock of Sparrows. 
As we were watching the animated and interesting flock 
of Sparrows and Juncos from the door of the cabin (where they 
were engaged on the grass seed scattered there j they suddenly 
scattered in every direction and at the same instant a Shrike 
came dashing through the bushes and alighted on a branch of 
an oak not more than eight feet from where we stood. It sat 
for a moment balancing itself and jetting its tail looking 
keenly about. Most of the Sparrows had disappeared at the 
first alarm but three or four Juncos had merely flown up into 
the bushes where they remained apparently not realizing the 
dangerous character of the Shrike. The latter soon made a 
swoop at one of them and pursuer and pursued quickly disap- 
peared among the trees. Half-an-hour later all our Sparrows 
and Juncos were back at the seed again so the Shrike must have 
failed to secure his prey. 
