. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. CUCKOO.âChciI/hs nt "Two Cuckoos und a liodoe-si^anow^yorc liatclicd in tlio same nest ⢠one nl,,s c- vcnianuHl Tn a lew aftc, a bcoau between t .( uekoos lor tli,. ].,on ol he nest, wlueli continued until the next , when one ol then, whicli was superior in size, turned out the other, to,u,. NUh the ^' hed^^o-sparrow and the nnhatclied o^g. This contest was ver^ lyiiiarkahle. Ihe comba
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. CUCKOO.âChciI/hs nt "Two Cuckoos und a liodoe-si^anow^yorc liatclicd in tlio same nest ⢠one nl,,s c- vcnianuHl Tn a lew aftc, a bcoau between t .( uekoos lor tli,. ].,on ol he nest, wlueli continued until the next , when one ol then, whicli was superior in size, turned out the other, to,u,. NUh the ^' hed^^o-sparrow and the nnhatclied o^g. This contest was ver^ lyiiiarkahle. Ihe combatants alternately appeared to have the advanta'rc as each carried , e other severa tunes nearly to the top .i nest, and then sank do^n^'aShf 0;^^ 1:} ^lit ol ,1s burden, tdl at 1 en-th, after various ellurts, the stron-^st prevailed ami was afterwards brounht up by the liediro-s])arro\\s" siiun^cst pitvaucti, Ja order to enable the youn,^- Cuckoo to i";:. this curious leal, its back is very dillerent mslmpe hân> hat ot ordinary nrds. bein,, very broad Iron, the shoulder downwarls, le wh ' . m the nu(hlle, on wliich the eg- or youn- bird rests w die it is , earned to the ed,e of the nest. In about a fortni,hrthis cavi?y is i lc>^^^ up, and he .vouiii,^ bii'd has notlunj.' extraordinary in its appearaice .v,u to b^'lf'Tf i'^ "'"'^' f *^''^;!"^"'[ '^« ^-"^"'^ "!'«>! ^ther birds, its character would n lo ot a scditary nature. Such, liowever, is not the case, for at some periods of 2v il r '-'V'' r'" '»,^"»?i^l«'-'^We numbers, playinjr with each other or â e(hny m lose proxnnity. I pwards of twenty have been observed in a sinolo field Sfcd't Mir^^)^^'//'" 1 ''r '"â¢â¢"*' "1"'' '""' ^"^â¢'^'â ^^^ h^-e be n fdk K J , r T^ "''"' J"'^'""'' '" ''^'''^' ^^'^ «^^^i«
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