Lanius ludovicianus migrans. 
Bethel, Maine. 
1903 
June 5 
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borealis and their appearance when on wing nearly the same. I 
think, however, that they moved even closer to the earth. On 
leaving their perches, whether the latter were fence posts or tel¬ 
egraph poles, they invariably shot down at a steep angle as if 
aiming at some object on the ground and then skimmed off swiftly 
across the field only a foot or two above the turf, rising and 
falling in long, graceful but 'gentle (or shallow) undulations, 
moving their wings very rapidly at the beginning of each upward 
curve and then closing them for an instant just as a Woodpecker or 
Goldfinch does when pursuing its similar "galloping" flight. Dur¬ 
ing the exceedingly rapid beat of the wings their light markings 
were alternately displayed and concealed, giving a flickering ef¬ 
fect as of a small bit of looking glass flashed in the sunlight. 
Neither bird uttered ar}y sound whatever within my hearing. They 
would not permit me to approach them much nearer than about twenty 
yards. 
June 3 
I went to the intervale this morning to look for the Shrike's 
nest which, by an odd chance, proved to be in the very first tree 
I visited, a small elm standing alone by the side of the lane that 
leads to the chair factory from the main road, scarce ove hundred 
yards from the railroad station and not over fifty yards from the 
mill. The p2>ace where I saw the Shrikes on the 5th is some two 
