. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. Order COCCYGES. Cuckoos, etc. Suborder CUCULI. Ccckoos, etc. Family CUCULID^. Cuckoos, Anis, etc. Subfamily COCCYGIN^. American Cuckoos. Genus COCCYZUS Vieillot. COCCYZUS AMERICANUS (Linn.). 168. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. (387) Above, uniform ^jatiny olive gray or " quaker color," with bronzj' reflec- tions
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. Order COCCYGES. Cuckoos, etc. Suborder CUCULI. Ccckoos, etc. Family CUCULID^. Cuckoos, Anis, etc. Subfamily COCCYGIN^. American Cuckoos. Genus COCCYZUS Vieillot. COCCYZUS AMERICANUS (Linn.). 168. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. (387) Above, uniform ^jatiny olive gray or " quaker color," with bronzj' reflec- tions ; below, pure white ; wings, extensively cinnamon-rufoiis on inner webs of the quills ; central tail feathers, like the back ; the rest black with laj-ge white tips, the outermost usually edged with white ; bill extensively yellow below and on the sides. Length, 11-12 inches; wing, o-6h; tail, 6-6^; bill, under 1 inch. Hab.—Temperate North America, from New Brunswick, Canaila, Minnesota, Nevada and Oregon, south to Costa Rica and the West Indies. Less common from the eastern border of the Plains westward. Nest, on a bough, or in the fork of a low tree, composed of twigs, leaves and soft vegetable material. Eggs, four to eight, pale glaucous green. It is a well-known fact that the British Cuckoo entirely ignores family responsibilities by depositing its eggs in the nest of a bird of a different species, and with a pleasant " cuckoo " bids good-bye to the whole connection. The two kinds we have in Canada are not so totally depraved. They usually build a nest and bring up a family, but even to them the duty does not seem to be a congenial one, and they are some-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIlwraith, Thomas. London, T. Fisher Unwin; Toronto, William Briggs
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