. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. If YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. rain crow. Ojco'zu- america>:us. Char. Upper mandiWe asad tip of lower, black ; rest of lower mandi- ble and cutting edges of upjjier, vtllow. Ujiper parts olive, witli a : 'ight metallic gloss, tinged with as-h toward the bill ; wings tinged with rufous ; m' Idle feathers of tail like back, remainder black tipped with white ; beneath, white or creamy, JLejigih about u inches. A'c'sL In a thicket bjr tht s-ide of a stream or on the border of a swa
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. If YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. rain crow. Ojco'zu- america>:us. Char. Upper mandiWe asad tip of lower, black ; rest of lower mandi- ble and cutting edges of upjjier, vtllow. Ujiper parts olive, witli a : 'ight metallic gloss, tinged with as-h toward the bill ; wings tinged with rufous ; m' Idle feathers of tail like back, remainder black tipped with white ; beneath, white or creamy, JLejigih about u inches. A'c'sL In a thicket bjr tht s-ide of a stream or on the border of a swamp ; placed in a bsfch or Jow tree. A ilat, frail affair made of twigs loosely laid, sometimes Icme-d vhh bark strips or grass. A\%'-s. 2-6 (usually 4) ; jnzit dull â jreen or bluish green; X The American Cacko'» arrives in the middle and colder States of the L'nion afjomit the close oi April or the first week of May, and [)roceefl-* to the north as for as Nova Scotia. It i)robably winters in Miexko. and individuals pass no farther than the fore<o''iiii-jiana. We also met with it in the remote Territory of Oregon. Latham speaks of these birds also as inhabitants of the tropical island of Jamaica. They delight in the shady reCBrenient of the forest, and are equally common in tall thick â - nd orchards, where, like piratical prowlers, they skulk and hjde among the thickest boughs ; and although, unlike the KiJio|>ean Cuckoo, they are faithfully paired, yet the pair are seldom seen in tlie same tree, but, shy and watchful, endeavor to elude everything like close 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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