great grey shrike, northern grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) Description
Title: Our northern and eastern birds : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces; together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908
Subjects: Birds -- United States
Date 1883
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Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/ournortherneastex00samu/ournortherneastex00samu#page/n314/mode/1up
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The great grey shrike, northern grey shrike, or northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae).