Lanius ludovicianus migrans. Bethel, Maine. 1903 June 5 (4) borealis and their appearance when on wing nearly the same. I think, however, that they moved even closer to the earth. On leaving their perches, whether the latter were fence posts or tel- ograph poles, they invariably shot down at a steep angle as if aiming at some object on the ground and then skimmed off swiftly across the field only a foot or two above the turf, rising and falling in long, graceful but gentle (or shallow) undulations, moving their wings very rapidly at the beginning of each upward curve and then closing them for an instant just as a Woodpecker or Goldfinch does when pursuing its similar "galloping" flight. Dur- ing the exceedingly rapid beat of the wings their light markings were alternately displayed and concealed, giving a flickering ef- fect as of a small bit of looking glass flashed in the sunlight. Neither bird uttered any sound whatever within my hearing. They would not permit me to approach them much nearer than about twenty yards. June 8 I went to the intervale this morning to look for the Shrike's nest which, by an odd chance, proved to be in the very first tree I visited, a small elm standing alone by the side of the lane that leads to the chair factory from the main road, scarce one hundred yards from the railroad station and not over fifty yards from the mill. The place where I saw the Shrikes on the 5th is some two