Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Ernest E (THOMPSON Lanius ludovicianus)

THOMPSON. 622. Lanius ludovicianus Linn. LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. (See Fig. 51.) Ad. - Upper parts gray, wings and tail black, primaries white at the base, secondaries tipped with white; outer, sometimes all, the tailfeathers tipped with white; the outer feather mostly white; lores black, connected by a narrow black line on the forehead at the base of the bill; ear-coverts black; under parts white, sometimes tinged with gray. L., 9.00; SHRIKES.

W., 3-82; T., 3.87; B. from N., 48; depth of B. at N., 35 (average of nine Florida specimens).

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