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out from his retreat. Were it not for the penetrating 
and keen eye of this his watch-bird, he would sit 
many dreary hours to no purpose, as he would not 
know when to pull his Pigeons out to lure the Hawk. 
Like most other birds, they appear constant to par- 
ticular spots for breeding. A bird-collector, in the 
island of Anglesey, mentioned his haying, for many 
seasons, found a few in, or near, a certain field : his 
mode of catching them was by watching the twigs 
on which they perched, on returning to their nest. 
These he prepared with bird-lime : and seldom failed 
capturing several specimens. 
Some of the foreign species of Shrikes have an 
addition of plumage of a fanciful character. The 
annexed is a representation of the Puff-backed 
Shrike; the light downy tuft hears a close resem- 
blance to a powder-puff; it must add either to the 
comfort or convenience of the bird, though in what 
way we can form no opinion. 
After the Shrikes, we find in the tables the Thrush 
genus, (see Table VII., page 13), of which we have 
