. Birds through an opera-glass. Birds. 46 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. XII. CUCKOO ; RAIN CROW. Unless you follow the cuckoo to his haunts, you rarely see him. Now and then, perhaps, you catch a glimpse of his long brown body as he comes silently out of an orchard, an overgrown garden, or a clump of bushes, to disappear swiftly in a heavily leaved tree or mass of shrubbery where he suspects a fresh supply of insects, A third longer than the robin, the cuckoo is a slender, olive-brown bird with a light breast. The two species are very similar in appearance and. habit, but in the yellow-billed
. Birds through an opera-glass. Birds. 46 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. XII. CUCKOO ; RAIN CROW. Unless you follow the cuckoo to his haunts, you rarely see him. Now and then, perhaps, you catch a glimpse of his long brown body as he comes silently out of an orchard, an overgrown garden, or a clump of bushes, to disappear swiftly in a heavily leaved tree or mass of shrubbery where he suspects a fresh supply of insects, A third longer than the robin, the cuckoo is a slender, olive-brown bird with a light breast. The two species are very similar in appearance and. habit, but in the yellow-billed there are distinct white spots known as " thumb marks " on the. 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 Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948. New York, Cleveland [etc. ] The Chautauqua press
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