. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. 320 CITIZEN BIRD Below white, with a blue belt across the breast, and the female with a brown belt also. A Citizen of North America. Belonging to no useful guild, but a rather startling, amusing neighbor, who always minds his own business and is an indus- trious fislierman. ''What was the other bird, ^vho cried, ' kiik kiik ! ' on tlie outside of the woods? There, it is calling again ! ]*m sure that it is a Woodpecker! " " Wrong again â it is a Cuckoo ; the Yellow - billed one, I think, for the voice is louder iiar
. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. 320 CITIZEN BIRD Below white, with a blue belt across the breast, and the female with a brown belt also. A Citizen of North America. Belonging to no useful guild, but a rather startling, amusing neighbor, who always minds his own business and is an indus- trious fislierman. ''What was the other bird, ^vho cried, ' kiik kiik ! ' on tlie outside of the woods? There, it is calling again ! ]*m sure that it is a Woodpecker! " " Wrong again â it is a Cuckoo ; the Yellow - billed one, I think, for the voice is louder iiarsher than that of his â l)illcd l); ^ What I a little blue and White bird like the one that bobs out of mother's carved clock at home? Oh, do let us try to find it! But this bird didn't say ⢠cuckoo'; it only cackled something like a Hen when she is tired of ; " The clock Cuckoo is an imitation of the merry, heedless English bird, who la3^s her eggs in the wrong nests, as our Cowbird does. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is quite different, being long, slender, and graceful,. 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 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York, The Macmillan Company
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