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a little farther than the other and shake them. I was about 20 feet away but could not see what it was after. Suddenly I saw another Shrike on the ground that kept its head turned towards the other all the time. I approached a little closer and saw that the one on the ground had an English Sparrow which it was guarding from the first. I had heard that they could be caught while eating. This one had evidently had enough to eat but was [[?loth]] to leave its prey. It edged away just out of reach while I picked the Sparrow up. It was

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stonecold and had its head eaten off. The first one flew off and the other lit in a plum tree. I shook the sparrow and it showed interest, leaning forward and following every motion by raising and lowering its body. Then I went to the house and got my opera-glass. After a short time the one that had the sparrow lit in the bushes and gave a hard steely whistle like [[wavy underline]] stur-ea [[/underline]]. Then it came down to the sparrow again. The other immediately flew down and lit in the bushes and commenced to call [[wavy underline]] Kra Kra [[/underline]] varied to [[wavy underline]] Kwee Kwee [[/underline]]. Once it gave a low explosive note

Transcription Notes:
loth seems to be a misspelling of loathe