. Birds of North Carolina . Fig. 214. Northern Shrike. The Northern Shrike claims a place in our fauna on the strength of an immaturemale killed on Pea Island, December 9, 1909, by Robertson and sent in the fleshto Bishop. 266 Birds of Xortii Carolina 263. Lanius ludovicianus ludovicianus (Linn.). Loggerhead Shrike. Ucsrriidlon: Ads.—Uppcrparts pray; wings and tail l)lack; pi-iinaries white at base, with white; outer, sonietiiiies all, the rail-f(-atliiTs lipped with white; the outer feathermostly white; lores black, eonneeted by a narrow black line on the forehead at the b
. Birds of North Carolina . Fig. 214. Northern Shrike. The Northern Shrike claims a place in our fauna on the strength of an immaturemale killed on Pea Island, December 9, 1909, by Robertson and sent in the fleshto Bishop. 266 Birds of Xortii Carolina 263. Lanius ludovicianus ludovicianus (Linn.). Loggerhead Shrike. Ucsrriidlon: Ads.—Uppcrparts pray; wings and tail l)lack; pi-iinaries white at base, with white; outer, sonietiiiies all, the rail-f(-atliiTs lipped with white; the outer feathermostly white; lores black, eonneeted by a narrow black line on the forehead at the of thebill; ear-ooverts black; underparts white, sometimes tinged with giay. L., ; W., ; T.,; B. from N., .48; depth of B. at N., .35 (average of nine Florida specimens). (Chap.,Birds of E. N. A.) Hanye.—Southern States, north to North Carolina; resident. Range in North Carolina.—^Apparently the whole coastal region, more commoti in FlO. 215. SHRIKE. The suiunuT records of Loggerhead Shrikes in the coastal region arc: LaClrange,rather rare resident, breeds (Sniithwick); Kelford, Bertie County, two seen ontelegraph wires, July 21, 1909 (Sherman); Kingsljoro, Edgecombe County, twoseen at Test Farm, July 27, 1909, apparently matetl (Sherman); and Laurinburg,Scotland County, one seen April 27, 1909 (Sherman). On ^lay 12, 1900, Pearsonfound a pair of birds near the beach Ijchinil the sheltering dunes a few miles eastof Lockwoods Folly, Brunswick County, which evidently had a nest near by. Insearching for evidence to support this belief, he found an old nest which, from thecharacter of its structure, he felt sure lind hcen built liy Shrikes probablj in theprevious year. The Loggerhead Shrike l)uil(ls its nest in scrul)by or thorny trees or hedges,making a compact, bulky structure of weed stems, grass, rootlets, paper, wool, andfeathers, the latter being the lining and concealing the eggs from view. The eggs
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