. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 326 THE COW TROUriAL. gradually into brown at their tips. The central feathers of the tail are dark brown, and the remaining feathers are bright yellow. There is also a green tinge upon the thighs and the middle of the breast. Upon tlie toii of the head there is a long and jiointed crest, and the horny. CRESTED ORIOLE.—Os«Mops ciistata. portion of the bill is green, and, as may be seen in the illustration, extends above the eye. The legs and feet are black. The Crested Oriole is larger t
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 326 THE COW TROUriAL. gradually into brown at their tips. The central feathers of the tail are dark brown, and the remaining feathers are bright yellow. There is also a green tinge upon the thighs and the middle of the breast. Upon tlie toii of the head there is a long and jiointed crest, and the horny. CRESTED ORIOLE.—Os«Mops ciistata. portion of the bill is green, and, as may be seen in the illustration, extends above the eye. The legs and feet are black. The Crested Oriole is larger than either of the preceding species, being about the size of a common Jackdaw. In the Cow Bikd, or Cow Troopial, of America, we have a curious instance of the fre- quency with which a remarkable habit, supposed to be almost unique, and especially character- istic of some particular species, is found to occur in a totally distinct species inhabiting another continent. That the cuckoo of Europe is no nest-maker, but only usurps the homes of other birds, and forces them to take care of its progeny, is a well-known fact, and it is really remai'k- able that the Cow Bird, which inhabits the opposite quarter of the globe, and. belongs to an entirely different order of birds, should follow the same princii^le. Before commencing the description of this bird, I must caution the reader against mistak- ing the present species for the American cuckoo, which is by many persons called the Cow Bird on account of its cry, which resembles the word "cow, cow," frequently repeated. The American cuckoo is free from the intrusive habits of the Cow Troojiial, and not only builds its own nest, but rears and tends its young with great affection. Tlie Cow Bird {Molofhnis ater) is one of the migrators, arriving in Pennsylvania about the end of March or the beginning of April, and is somewhat gregarious, being found in little. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page imag
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