. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. GREAT AMEUICAN HIIRIKi;, OH BUTCHER BIRD. 49 GREAT AMERICAN SHRIKE, OR BUTCHER BIRD. LANIUS EXCUIUTOR/ âFio. 15. La (id I pio ffrisclic-grtio, De Buffon, i. 29(5. PL etil. : !;( NVhisky Joliii, IViU. Tram. \\\\. 3550. >)^\5. âPeale'i Museum, No. Arct. Zool. ii. No. li7. Lanius borcalin, Vi-tUl. â SoHh. Zool. ii. 3. The form and countenance of this bird bespeak hun full of courage and ener{,'y; and hi
. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. GREAT AMEUICAN HIIRIKi;, OH BUTCHER BIRD. 49 GREAT AMERICAN SHRIKE, OR BUTCHER BIRD. LANIUS EXCUIUTOR/ âFio. 15. La (id I pio ffrisclic-grtio, De Buffon, i. 29(5. PL etil. : !;( NVhisky Joliii, IViU. Tram. \\\\. 3550. >)^\5. âPeale'i Museum, No. Arct. Zool. ii. No. li7. Lanius borcalin, Vi-tUl. â SoHh. Zool. ii. 3. The form and countenance of this bird bespeak hun full of courage and ener{,'y; and hid true character does not bolie appearance, for ho possesses those qualities in a very eminent drjrree. Ho is repre- sented on tli(^ plate rather Ica thiiu his true size,; but in just propor- tion, and with a fidelity that will enable thi; lOuropean naturalist to determine, whether this ho really the aiie tlie jj^reat cinereous Shrike (Lunius exnibitoi; Linn.) ui" the eastern continent, or not; thoujfh the variableness ol" the plumage, p;iiriing, accord- ing,' to aire, and sometimes to climate, from ien-uginous to pale ash, and even to a bluish white, renders it impo;;Hible that tliis should bo an exact rcfirosentation of every individual. This species is by no means numerous in the lower p;u-ts of Penn- sylvania; though most so during the montlis of November, December, and March. Soon after this, it retires to tJie north, and to the higher inland parts of the country to breed. It frequents tlie deepest forests; builds a large and cnnpact nest in the upright fork of a small tree; composed outwardl", of dry grass, and whitish moss, and warmly lined within with featliers. The female ' lys six q^^a, of a pale cinereous color, tliickly marked at the greatt . end with sjxjts and streaks of rufous. She sits fifteen day.^. The young are produced early in June, sometimes towards the latter end of May; and during the greater part of the first
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