. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 86 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. ! â ifil: r I â li . I;. seems to delight in the more retired and wooded locali- ties. In flight, the Black-billed Cuckoo is more swi
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 86 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. ! â ifil: r I â li . I;. seems to delight in the more retired and wooded locali- ties. In flight, the Black-billed Cuckoo is more swift than the other; in breeding habits, the same ; and its food is similar, consisting principally of insects and their larvas, small fruits, and the eggs and young of small birds. Like the other, the Black-billed Cuckoo is very cowardly, and is oiiickly driven from the neighborhood of the nest of almost any of the otlier birds. If a robin, or other bird of equal size, discover one of these, to him pirates, in the vicinity of liis nest, he immediately assaults the intruder, with loud outcries, poun- cing upon him, and pecking with great ferocity. Others of his neighbors, who are near, join in the attack: the Cuckoo, in retreating, dives into tiie recesses of a stone wall, or the first secure retreat available; very seldom taking to his wings, as another bird would do. I have known of a cuckoo being driven into a barn by a Blue-bird (aS'. sialis'), who sat perching on a fence outside for several minutes, keeping his enemy prisoner; and the latter, when pursued and captured by myself, preferred being my prisoner to facing his enemy outside. The nest of the Black-billed Cuckoo is usually placed in a low tree or barberry-bush. It is constructed of twigs, roots, and sometimes a few leaves and moss. I have exam- ined a great number of these, from different sections ; and I have noticed that those from northern localities were inva- riably lined with gray moss, called Spanish moss,
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