. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. CLIMBERS. 269 bill is smooth, or more or less bending; the nostrils aie bounded by a small rim; the tongue is short and pointed; and the feet and toes are formed for climbing. There are forty-six species. Our limits will only allow us to give some description of cucvlus canorus, or the common cuckoo. It weighs about five ounces; is in length fourteen inches; and in breadth, from tip to tip of extended wings,. The Cucko
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. CLIMBERS. 269 bill is smooth, or more or less bending; the nostrils aie bounded by a small rim; the tongue is short and pointed; and the feet and toes are formed for climbing. There are forty-six species. Our limits will only allow us to give some description of cucvlus canorus, or the common cuckoo. It weighs about five ounces; is in length fourteen inches; and in breadth, from tip to tip of extended wings,. The Cuckoo. twenty-five inches. The bill is black, and about two-thirds of an inch in length. It is generally of a dove-color. The legs are short, and the toes four in number, two backwards, and two for- wards, like those of the woodpecker. It departs from Europe in the end of harvest and returns in the spring. Summer is con- sidered fairly commenced when the monotonous notes of this bird are first heard. And monotonous as its notes are, thej are uni- 23*. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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