. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. SHRIKES 99 NORTHERN SHRIKE Lanius borealis ("willot A O. U. i\uml,cr Other Names.âButcher Bird; Winter Butcher Bird; Northern Butcher Bird: Nine Killer; Winter Shrike; Great Northern Shrike. General Description.â Length, lo inches. Upper parts, light grayish-blue; under parts, white: wings and tail, black. Color.â Above, plain light bluish-gray, changing to white on lower rump, upper tail-coverts, shoulders, eye- brow region, and front portion of forehead: ear region black, this forward beneath lower eyelid and confluent zi'ilh a
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. SHRIKES 99 NORTHERN SHRIKE Lanius borealis ("willot A O. U. i\uml,cr Other Names.âButcher Bird; Winter Butcher Bird; Northern Butcher Bird: Nine Killer; Winter Shrike; Great Northern Shrike. General Description.â Length, lo inches. Upper parts, light grayish-blue; under parts, white: wings and tail, black. Color.â Above, plain light bluish-gray, changing to white on lower rump, upper tail-coverts, shoulders, eye- brow region, and front portion of forehead: ear region black, this forward beneath lower eyelid and confluent zi'ilh a ItUiek spot in front of the eye: lores, gray: wings and tail, black; secondaries and innermost primaries, tipped with white (the latter more nar- rowly); base of primaries (except three outermost), white across both webs; showing as a patch; outermost tail-feather, white with a black spot near base of inner web; second tail-feather with base and extensive ter- minal portion, white; remaining tail-feathers, tipped with white; cheek region and under parts, white, the chest and sides of breast marked with wavy bars of dusky-grayish; bill, entirely black in summer, dusky horn color in winter; iris, brown ; legs and feet, black. Nest and Eggs.â Nest: In bushes or thorny trees, princijjally north of the United States; a large, rude structure of twigs, grasses, leaf and weed stems, lined thickly with moss and feathers. Eggs : 4 to 0, pale bluish green, spotted with brown and dull purple. Distribution.â Northern North America; breeds from northwestern Alaska, northern Mackenzie, and northern Ungava to the base of the Alaska peninsula, central Saskatchew'an, southern Ontario, and southern .â ^ee (. iilor I'Lite go Quebec: winters south to central Califr New Texas, Kentucky, and \'irg: rnia, Arizona, Vina by R- Br NORTHERN SHRIKE ij The Northern Shrike is about an inch longer than the Loggerhead, but the habits of the two birds are quite similar, though in disposit
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