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Meanings of northern shrike in English

Spanish
lanius borealis

A butcherbird of northern North America.

        lanius borealis
        Usage of northern shrike in English
        1
        The great northern shrike is a frequent winter visitor, but by ill chance I have not been up when he has called at the roof.
        Roof and Meadow
        2
        The Mexican crossbill appeared to have little fear of the migrating Northern shrike.
        Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
        3
        It is not easy, even at a slight distance, to distinguish the loggerhead from the Northern shrike.
        Bird Neighbors / An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred a...
        4
        The Great Northern Shrike
        Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginne...
        5
        I shall not say one word in favor of the next bird that I mention, the great Northern shrike, or butcher-bird.
        Nature's Serial Story
        6
        He has a cousin, the Great Northern Shrike, who sometimes comes down in the winter, and is very much like him.
        The Burgess Bird Book for Children
        7
        It is the cry of the Northern shrike, of whom tradition says that he catches little birds and impales them on sharp thorns.
        Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
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