Black collar; crested; wings and tail deep blue, white-tipped and black-barred; bold; harsh, noisy call-note; stays the year around in Lincoln Park. [Loggerhead Shrike.] [Kingfisher.] [Bluebird.]
2. LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. 9 in.
(Lanius ludovicianus. 622.)
Slaty-gray; commonly white beneath, not marked with dark transverse lines; wings and tail black, marked with white; hooked bill; bar through the eye and over forehead, black; imitates notes of other birds. [Blue Jay.]
3. ROBIN. 10 in.
(Merula migratoria. 761.)
Dark slate color; black head; yellow bill; throat white streaked with black; underparts bright chestnut red; sings “cheer-i-ly, cheer-i-ly, cheer-up;” nests in Lincoln Park. [Towhee.]
4. JUNCO. 6-1/4 in.
(Junco hiemalis. 567.)
Slate color; blackish bib (female brownish) over a white belly; ivory bill, two white tail-feathers; feeds in flocks on ground, often in company with other birds; “sucks its teeth” for a call-note; song, a melodious trill.