A butcherbird of northern North America.
1The great northern shrike is a frequent winter visitor, but by ill chance I have not been up when he has called at the roof.
2The Mexican crossbill appeared to have little fear of the migrating Northern shrike.
3It is not easy, even at a slight distance, to distinguish the loggerhead from the Northern shrike.
4The Great Northern Shrike
5I shall not say one word in favor of the next bird that I mention, the great Northern shrike, or butcher-bird.
6He has a cousin, the Great Northern Shrike, who sometimes comes down in the winter, and is very much like him.
7It is the cry of the Northern shrike, of whom tradition says that he catches little birds and impales them on sharp thorns.
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