. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 505. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ground. The eggs are 3 to 5, pale greenish blue or bluish white, and measure about x. 90. inches. Mr. H. S. Swarth found it breeding at Joliet, Illinois, June i, 1906. The notes of the Cuckoo are pleasing, but rather monotonous and not particularly musical. The}' yhty somewhat but the most charac- teristic is the familiar cu-cu, cu-cu, repeated several times, from which it has derived its name. 186. Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed Cuckoo. Distr
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 505. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ground. The eggs are 3 to 5, pale greenish blue or bluish white, and measure about x. 90. inches. Mr. H. S. Swarth found it breeding at Joliet, Illinois, June i, 1906. The notes of the Cuckoo are pleasing, but rather monotonous and not particularly musical. The}' yhty somewhat but the most charac- teristic is the familiar cu-cu, cu-cu, repeated several times, from which it has derived its name. 186. Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed Cuckoo. Eastern North America, from Rocky Mountains to the coast; breeds in eastern United States and north to Labrador; south in winter to West Indies and northern South America. Adult: Bill, brownish black (occasionally with a tinge of yellow at base of lower mandible); upper plumage, grayish brown, with a faint gloss of green; under parts, dull white; tail feathers, color of back, tipped with white; primaries, pale olive brown, shading into whitish at bases of inner webs; eyelids, red. Length, 11 to 12; wing, about ; tail, ; bill, .75. Easily distinguished from the Yellow-billed Cuckoo by the black lower mandible, absence of rufous on primaries, and the color of the tail. The Black-billed Cuckoo is a common summer resident in Illinois and Wisconsin. Arrives from the south in May and remains until October. Kumlien and Hollister consider it more common than the. 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Chicago
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