. American ornithology for the home and school . l, about 6 in. Eye and feet mandible, black; lower a bright yellow. Above glossy brownish gray. The central tail feathers the same coloras the back. The remainder black with white tips. The inner webs ofthe primaries are a bright reddish brown. Entire under parts white. Itperches with two toes in front and two behind. NEST AND EGGS. The Cuckoo builds the most shabby looking of nests. It is like aGreen Herons nest on a small scale, with the addition of a few blossomsor catkins. It is placed in most any position not high from the groun
. American ornithology for the home and school . l, about 6 in. Eye and feet mandible, black; lower a bright yellow. Above glossy brownish gray. The central tail feathers the same coloras the back. The remainder black with white tips. The inner webs ofthe primaries are a bright reddish brown. Entire under parts white. Itperches with two toes in front and two behind. NEST AND EGGS. The Cuckoo builds the most shabby looking of nests. It is like aGreen Herons nest on a small scale, with the addition of a few blossomsor catkins. It is placed in most any position not high from the think that the greater number of them prefer a thick tangled mass ofbriars or a thorn bush to a more open site. The eggs are laid about thelatter part of May and the bird commences to incubate them as soon asthe first is laid, so that it is not unusual to find both young and eggs at allstages in the nest at the same time. They lay three or four eggs, theregenerally being an interval of several days between each. They arelight blue in Photo bv J. B. Pardoe. AMERICAN ORNITHOL0G\. 155
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