The true Tapaculo (P. albicollis) has a general resemblance in plumage to the females of some of the smaller Shrikes (Lanius), and to a cursory observer its skin might pass for that of one; but its shortened wings and powerful feet would on closer inspection at once reveal the difference. [Please select]
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Cuckoos and Shrikes in their Relation to Agriculture. [Please select]
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The Cuckoo-Shrikes and Caterpillar-eaters are, like the Cuckoos, very fond of caterpillars, and so should receive all the protection we can give them. [Please select]
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Family 134 contains the famous Shrikes, those birds which are said to keep a butcher's shop. [Please select]
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The eggs exhibit the zone so characteristic of those of all Shrikes. [Please select]
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It makes a much softer nest than either of the two above-mentioned Shrikes. [Please select]
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Marshall, writing from Murree, says:--"These little Shrikes breed in the hills, as well as the plains, up to 5000 feet high." [Please select]
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"My brother on one occasion saw one of these Shrikes trying to catch a garden lizard--not a gecko." [Please select]
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There were only two eggs in each case, but doubtless, like other Shrikes, they lay from four to six. [Please select]
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The family of Shrikes, or Butcher-birds, would seem to occupy an intermediate station between birds of prey and insectivorous birds. [Please select]
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Life histories of North American wagtails, shrikes, vireos and their allies. [Please select]
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