Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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BUTCH'ER-BIRD, noun The shrike; a genus of birds, called Lanius. One species of this genus is called king-bird, from its courage in attacking hawks and crows.
The king-bird is now arranged under the genus Muscicapa.
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