. Arctic zoology [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 1 166 / EUROPEAN CUCKOO, Placs. imi'. A. European Cuckoo, Sr. Ztol. i. N" fta. tab. xxxvi. fern.—Latiam, i.^o^, Cuculus Canorus, Gjok, Faun. Suee. N" 96. Le Coucou, Z?* J?«^», vi. 305.—Lev. Mus. O With dove-colored head, hind part of the neck, back, rump, and coverts: throat, and under fide of the neck, of a pale grey: breafl: and belly white, barred with black : primaries dufky ; inner webs marked with white oval fpots : tail cuneiform ; middle feathers black, tipped with white j the reft marked with white fpots on each web. Female. Neck
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 1 166 / EUROPEAN CUCKOO, Placs. imi'. A. European Cuckoo, Sr. Ztol. i. N" fta. tab. xxxvi. fern.—Latiam, i.^o^, Cuculus Canorus, Gjok, Faun. Suee. N" 96. Le Coucou, Z?* J?«^», vi. 305.—Lev. Mus. O With dove-colored head, hind part of the neck, back, rump, and coverts: throat, and under fide of the neck, of a pale grey: breafl: and belly white, barred with black : primaries dufky ; inner webs marked with white oval fpots : tail cuneiform ; middle feathers black, tipped with white j the reft marked with white fpots on each web. Female. Neck of a brownifh red : tail barred with ruft-color and black, and fpotted with white. Inhabits all parts ot Europe, as high as Sal/ens FogJerie, in iVor- way *, within the Arftic circle; and even at Loppen, in Finmark f. It is found equally high in Jfta ; and extends as far eaft as Kamtf- chatka. In all places it retains its Angular note, and its more Angu- lar nature of laying its eggs in the nefts of fmall birds, and totally deferting them J. Of the above circumftance I beg leave to add a proof, which fell under my own notice in June 1778 j when I faw a young Cuckoo, almoft full grown (when I firft difcovercd it) in the -neft of a white Wagtail, beneath fome logs in a field adjacent to my houfe. The Wagtail was as Iblicitous to feed it, as if it had been ;its own offspring j for, many clays after the Cuckoo fled, it was feen often perched on the adjacent walls, ftill attended and fed by the Wagtail. It arrives in the northern and eaflern parrs o( Jfta, about the tenth /of June. > • Ptntop, ii. 75. t Ltemt, 291. f Dr. Pallas. WRYNECK,. 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 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed by Henry Hughes
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