. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . the early-creeping field mice and entertaining his lady love with out-landish music. Those who have not heard our resident Shrike sing havemissed a treat. He begins with a series of rasping sounds, which are probably intended to produce thesame receptive condition onhis audience which Ole Bullsecured by awkwardly break-ing one string af-ter another on his violinuntil only one was the resemblanceceases, however, forwhere the virtuosocould extract a melodyof marvelous ra
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . the early-creeping field mice and entertaining his lady love with out-landish music. Those who have not heard our resident Shrike sing havemissed a treat. He begins with a series of rasping sounds, which are probably intended to produce thesame receptive condition onhis audience which Ole Bullsecured by awkwardly break-ing one string af-ter another on his violinuntil only one was the resemblanceceases, however, forwhere the virtuosocould extract a melodyof marvelous range andsweetness from his sin-gle string, the bird pro-duces the sole note ofa struck anvil. Thispours forth, however,in successive three-svl-labled phrases like themetallic and reiterative ear Columbus. PI by the cliuk of a frCC-falHug- ^ hammer. The chief dif- MiGRANT SHRIKE AT NEST. fercucc wliicli appears A CLOSER VIEW OF THE NEST SHOWN IN THE PRECEDING bctWeen tllis IdVC SOnS ILLUSTRATION. THE BIRD IS PERCHED UPON THE EDGE OF . THE NEST BUT IS SCARCELY DISTINGUISItABLE IN THE MAZE- 0 ^^ nrdniar\- Call of. THE MIGRANT SHRIKE. 293 warning or excitement is that in the latter case the less tender passions haveweighted the clanging anvil with scrap iron and destroyed its resonance. The Shrike is a bird of prey, but he is no restless prowler wearing outhis w ings by incessant flight,—not he. Choosing rather a commanding posi-tion on a telegraph wire or exposed tree-top, he searches the ground with hiseye until he detects some suspicious movement of insect, mouse, or bird. Thenhe dives down into the grass, and returns to his post to devour at leisure. Ionce saw a Shrike rise perpendicularly some fifty feet from a telegraph wireby a labored but rapid flight to seize an insect to me invisible, and repair withit to a stone wall. Here he dealt his catch a severe blow, and when satisfiedthat it was dead, ate it contentedly. Like most guilty birds, and some innocent ones, the Shrike
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