| Show butcher bird and martin an incident which my son witnessed near enfield may be worth recording he was walking along the highway and noticed at some di distance stEnce ahead several birds on an the roa road which he took to be sparrows As he bo drew nearer he be was able to distinguish a couple of house martins by the side of a small email puddle near the others presently one of the supposed sparrows in a sidelong manner drew toward the house martins and when near it suddenly darted and seized one of them by the head bead and held it struggling until he be got quite near tie he then saw it was a red backed shrike and to his bis astonishment it actually flew away with its victim over the liedke by the roadside showing a strength one would hardly have expected in so small a bird from the field |
