. Stories about birds of land and water . THE MAGIME SHRIKE, OR BUTCnER-IU KD. is placed with the nightingale and the thrush. His claws are fine and sharp,and his foot is that of a perching bird. Indeed, he seems to be a link betweenthe hawks, the crows, and the thrushes, and to partake a little of the characterof each. The shrike is only a summer visitor, when he comes to England at all,and he does not build his nest or rear his young in this country. But hecarries on the trade of catching and tearing his prey, which he does in such amanner, that he is called by the rather disagreeable name o
. Stories about birds of land and water . THE MAGIME SHRIKE, OR BUTCnER-IU KD. is placed with the nightingale and the thrush. His claws are fine and sharp,and his foot is that of a perching bird. Indeed, he seems to be a link betweenthe hawks, the crows, and the thrushes, and to partake a little of the characterof each. The shrike is only a summer visitor, when he comes to England at all,and he does not build his nest or rear his young in this country. But hecarries on the trade of catching and tearing his prey, which he does in such amanner, that he is called by the rather disagreeable name of butcher-bird. STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. He delights in hedgerows and clumps of trees, or thickets that are notvery dense. His habit is to sit perched on a twig, or on a decaying branch,and he will remain so long that the name excubitor, or sentinel, has beengiven to him on this account, as well as on account of the help he usedto render to the falconer. When a small bird or insect comes near, he willpounce upon it, and kill it by blows on t
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