. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. COCCYGUS AMERICANOS : YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 6/ YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. CoCCYGUS AMERICANOS (Z.) Bd. Chars. Upper parts as in foregoing species ; under parts millc- wliite ; middle tail-feathers like the back in color, the rest black, with large white tips ; wings extensively rufous ; under mandible and edge of upper mandible yellow. Size of the last, or slightly larger. The traits and habits of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo are those of the species just described, but the
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. COCCYGUS AMERICANOS : YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 6/ YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. CoCCYGUS AMERICANOS (Z.) Bd. Chars. Upper parts as in foregoing species ; under parts millc- wliite ; middle tail-feathers like the back in color, the rest black, with large white tips ; wings extensively rufous ; under mandible and edge of upper mandible yellow. Size of the last, or slightly larger. The traits and habits of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo are those of the species just described, but the bird is much less numerous in New Eng- land, and decid- edly more south- ern. It really belongs to the Carolinian Fau- na, though over- lapping the next one, and even appearing at times in the Fig. S. — Cuckoo. Canadian. It is rather more of a woodland bird, keep- ing more in higher forests, and usually nesting at a greater altitude. Out of the immediate valley of the Connecticut it is somewhat irregular in its appear- ance, quite common some years in particular localities, and again hardly to be found. Mr. Merriam calls it a common summer resident in Connecticut. Mr. Minot says that it has evidently become less numerous near Boston than it once was, and is now considered rare in many if not all parts of New England. Mr. Allen speaks. 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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