. Bird lore . htly to the pergola, and simplysaid, Go! Scarcely realizing their new strange freedom they nestled for a momenton the sweet climber, then, with a wild humming sound as he dashed to theright and the left to get his bearings, Dick disappeared. I never saw him , suddenly, the little female followed, and when she too was gone, Iwaited anxiously an hour or more for their return. Never had I listened moreintently to the sounds of the air, but there was no message for me. Feeding-time came and went; the second one came—and, oh joy! with itcame the call! Quickly I ran into the
. Bird lore . htly to the pergola, and simplysaid, Go! Scarcely realizing their new strange freedom they nestled for a momenton the sweet climber, then, with a wild humming sound as he dashed to theright and the left to get his bearings, Dick disappeared. I never saw him , suddenly, the little female followed, and when she too was gone, Iwaited anxiously an hour or more for their return. Never had I listened moreintently to the sounds of the air, but there was no message for me. Feeding-time came and went; the second one came—and, oh joy! with itcame the call! Quickly I ran into the yard and found that the little one hadcome home. Perched on the clothes-line, pitifully crying, I found her. Andwhen I raised my open hands, she fairly fell into them and nestled contentedlyonce again. How lovingly I held her! And what a big feast I gave her! Then,reluctantly, but hopefully, I again opened my hands to the heavens, and thistime she dashed happily away to the mysteries of her own little The Black-billed Cuckoo By C. W. LEISTER, Ithaca, N. photographs by the Author THE Cuckoo is a bird of mystery. He glides from place to place throughthe trees with an ease and quietness that is uncanny. Along with thisunbirdlike characteristic, he is a ventriloquist. Often you hear hisrepeated kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, but it is very difficult to tell how far away or inwhat direction to find him. Sitting on a branch, he moves his head slowly from side to side; his sharpeye soon sees the caterpillar eating the leaves. There is a quick bob of hisbeak, and the caterpillar disappears down his throat, with a gleam in his red-dish eye, and the Cuckoois ready for another hungry, and withcaterpillars forming theprincipal part of his diet(the more hairy they arethe better he seems to likethem), he is one of the mostvaluable birds we have. Unlike the Europeanrepresentative of the family,it is not customary for theAmerican Cuckoo to layeggs in the nests of otherbirds,
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