. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 'i YELLOW-BILLFD CUCKOO. RAIN CROW. COCCYZL/S AMERICANUS. Char. Upper mandible and tip of lo'ver, black; rest of lower mandi- ble and cutting tdges of upper, yellow. Upper parts olive, with a slight metallic gloss, tinged with ash toward the bill; wings tinged with rufous; middle feathers of tail like back, remainder black tipped with white; beneath, white or creamy. Length about 12 inches. ;t. In a thicket by the side of a s
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 'i YELLOW-BILLFD CUCKOO. RAIN CROW. COCCYZL/S AMERICANUS. Char. Upper mandible and tip of lo'ver, black; rest of lower mandi- ble and cutting tdges of upper, yellow. Upper parts olive, with a slight metallic gloss, tinged with ash toward the bill; wings tinged with rufous; middle feathers of tail like back, remainder black tipped with white; beneath, white or creamy. Length about 12 inches. ;t. In a thicket by the side of a stream or on the border of a swamp ; placed in a bush or low tree. A flat, frail affair made of twigs loosely laid, sometimes lined with strips or grass. Eggs. 2-6 (usually 4) ; pale dull green or bluish green; 1,25 X The American Cuckoo arrives in the middle and colder States of the Union about the close of April or the first week of May, and proceeds to the north as far as Nova Scotia. It probably winters in Mexico, and individuals pass no farther than the forests of Louisiana. 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 retirement of the forest, and are equally common in tall thickets and orchards, where, like piratical prowlers, Vney skulk and hide among the thickest boughs; and althou^li, unlike the European Cuckoo, they are faithfully paired, yet the pair are seldom seen in the 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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