. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . MARSH-HARRIER. OO O DO HAWKS AND HAWK-LIKE BIRDS. 167 CUCKOO.—P]ate 77. 13-14 inches. Upper partsblue-gray, becoming dusky-brown on the wings andblackish on the tail, the feathers of the latter spottedcentrally and tipped at the ends with white; neckand breast paler blue-gray; under parts white, barredacross with black ; bill dark, long, pointed, not hooked ;feet yellow. Summer migrant. Eggs.—Very variable, but mostly of a greenish orreddish-gray ground, spotted and blotched with ashy-brown, chiefly at the larger end, and
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . MARSH-HARRIER. OO O DO HAWKS AND HAWK-LIKE BIRDS. 167 CUCKOO.—P]ate 77. 13-14 inches. Upper partsblue-gray, becoming dusky-brown on the wings andblackish on the tail, the feathers of the latter spottedcentrally and tipped at the ends with white; neckand breast paler blue-gray; under parts white, barredacross with black ; bill dark, long, pointed, not hooked ;feet yellow. Summer migrant. Eggs.—Very variable, but mostly of a greenish orreddish-gray ground, spotted and blotched with ashy-brown, chiefly at the larger end, and placed singlyin the nests of other birds, principally those of theMeadow-Pipit, Pied Wagtail, and Hedge-Sparrow, tothe eggs of which, with exception of the Hedge-Sparrows, they bear at times a general size, 85 ^ 75 inch, but variable (plate 127). Distribution.—General. The Cuckoo comes to us in April, and, whereverit is, advertises its presence indefatigably by itswell-known cry. Small birds band together at onceto mob it as if it were a Hawk, which in its
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