. . txj -E ^O « < o INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 369 alluringly gentle, and, to paraphrase a somewhat famousquotation, It sings and sings, and is a villain still. LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE The Loggerhead Shrike, Butcher Bird, or Mouse Hawk,appears from Florida northward to New York and west-ward to Indiana; from the latter State westward to thePlains and north into Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota,we have a closely allied species described as the migrantshrike; another sub-species, a still lighter form, rangingwest to the Pacific Coast, is calle

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. . txj -E ^O « < o INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 369 alluringly gentle, and, to paraphrase a somewhat famousquotation, It sings and sings, and is a villain still. LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE The Loggerhead Shrike, Butcher Bird, or Mouse Hawk,appears from Florida northward to New York and west-ward to Indiana; from the latter State westward to thePlains and north into Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota,we have a closely allied species described as the migrantshrike; another sub-species, a still lighter form, rangingwest to the Pacific Coast, is called the California shrike. Shrikes are solitary and are seldom abundant, but areeasily observed because of their habit of frequenting con-spicuous places. They resort about thorny hedges alonghighways, so that occasionally several pairs may be observedwithin a distance of half a mile along a country road, andthen one may not encounter another for several miles. Theirpeculiar flight should enable the observer to recognize thebirds, as the white patches on the wi

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