shrike

• The loggerhead shrike, the local representative of this anomalous family of killer songbirds, used to be easier to see in the East Bay. —  The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper
• Someone has suggested that the shrike was what Mississippi-born sportscaster Red Barber had in mind when said a player was sitting in the catbird seat. —  The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper
• That's possible, but I've never heard anyone in the South call a shrike a catbird. —  The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper
• The great grey shrike, the red-backed shrike, and the woodchat shrike, are the three species of the family occurring in Great Britain; the red-backed shrike is the only tolerably common one, arriving in this country late in April, and quitting it in September. —  Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
• A small shrike was also secured as a specimen. —  The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants

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