. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. Coccygus americdnus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. J. cup-shaped nests of yegetable down, with an outer coating of lichens glued on with saliva. Each contains two little white eggs, the size of a pea. Cuculidse.—The Cuckoos in- habit all countries. Their toes are in pairs, the exterior being somewhat reversible, in one species entirely so. The only species found in England is parasitical in its incubation, like the American cow-bird. Its young, however, hatches simul- taneously with its nest-compan- ions, whom it soon tosses out upon the ground to perish. The Boad
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. Coccygus americdnus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. J. cup-shaped nests of yegetable down, with an outer coating of lichens glued on with saliva. Each contains two little white eggs, the size of a pea. Cuculidse.—The Cuckoos in- habit all countries. Their toes are in pairs, the exterior being somewhat reversible, in one species entirely so. The only species found in England is parasitical in its incubation, like the American cow-bird. Its young, however, hatches simul- taneously with its nest-compan- ions, whom it soon tosses out upon the ground to perish. The Boad Runner, a ground bird * found in southwestern North America, is so swift of foot that for a quarter of a mile it will outrun a fleet horse. The Yellow - billed Cuckoo, with its near relative, the Blach-Mlled (Coccygus erythroph- thalmus), is found throughout North America. They are both fond of hairy caterpil- GeococcyxcalV^rnmnns^-Ro^nnn^^ev. ,v l^rg, ^hich few birds will Unlike the European species, they build a nest, though it is rude and airy. Laying their eggs, however, at long intervals, they protract the breeding season from one to four months; the same nest often containing a freshly-laid * It always carries the "beetles and snails on which it feeds to a particular spot in order to break the shell, and thus piles of the broken fragments collect at that place. t The cuckoo's gizzard is often found lined with caterpillar's hairs, so tenaciously adhering by their minute barbs as to require microscopic examination to prove that they do not grow from the coating of the stomach. Mg. 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 Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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