. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . the weather was rather cold, it remained thegreater part of the time in the house, climbing up the sides ofthe wire fender to enjoy the warmth of the fire. I was in-formed that when first caught it scaled the side of the roomat night, and roosted in a hanging posture by the bill andclaws; but finding the labor difficult and fruitless, having nocompanion near which to nestle, it soon submitted to pass thenight on the back of a chair. I fear that the story of this gorgeously apparalled bird is nearlyfinished. It is not quite ext
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . the weather was rather cold, it remained thegreater part of the time in the house, climbing up the sides ofthe wire fender to enjoy the warmth of the fire. I was in-formed that when first caught it scaled the side of the roomat night, and roosted in a hanging posture by the bill andclaws; but finding the labor difficult and fruitless, having nocompanion near which to nestle, it soon submitted to pass thenight on the back of a chair. I fear that the story of this gorgeously apparalled bird is nearlyfinished. It is not quite exterminated yet, but of the large flocksthat were once to be seen all over the Southern States, only a mereremnant can be found, and these are hidden amid the denseswamps of central Florida and along the lower valley of the Mis-sissippi. The farmers and fruit-growers were obliged to kill largenumbers, and later womans vanity and mans greed have joinedhands to carry on the slaughter. From the combined attack ofsuch foes the remnant has but slight chance for YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. RAIN CROW. COCCYZUS AMERICANUS. Char. Upper mandible and tip of lower, black ; rest of lower mandi*ble and cutting edges of upper, yellow. Upper parts olive, with a slightmetallic gloss, tinged with ash toward the bill; wings tinged with rufous;middle feathers of tail like back, remainder black tipped with white;beneath, white or creamy. Length about 12 inches. Nest. In a thicket by the side of a stream or on the border of aswamp ; placed in a bush or low tree. A flat, frail affair made of twigsloosely laid, sometimes lined with bark strips or grass. Eggs. 2-6 (usually 4) ; pale dull green or bluish green; X The American Cuckoo arrives in the middle and colderStates of the Union about the close of April or the first weekof May, and proceeds to the north as far as Nova probably winters in Mexico, and individuals pass no fartherthan the forests of Louisiana. We also met with it
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