 | Charles Alexander Johns - 1862 - 676 pages
...the object of hatred among birds generally, seems credible, though I should be inclined to consider its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds as the cause rather than the consequence of its unpopularity. The contrary however is the fact, numerous... | |
 | 1870
...the Arabic name for the bird is exactly the same as ours, the peculiar cry having supplied the name. Its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds is well known, together with the curious fact, that although so large a bird, measuring more than a... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - 1865 - 768 pages
...appearance about the middle of March in Massachusetts, and instead of mating and separating into paira remains in small flocks through the summer. In the...peculiarity of this species is its habit of laying ira eggs in the nests of other birds, usually but one in a nest, instead of building its own nest,... | |
 | John George Wood - 1869 - 758 pages
...the Arabic name for the bird is exactly the same as ours, the peculiar cry having supplied the name. Its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds is well known, together with the curious fact, that although sii large a bird, measuring more than... | |
 | John George Wood - 1870 - 744 pages
...the Arabic name for the bird is exactly the same as ours, the peculiar cry having supplied the name. Its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds is well known, together with the curious fact, that although so large a bird, measuring more than a... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - 1880 - 780 pages
...without his society. Perhaps no bird cansos such wholesale destmetion among birds as the cow-bird. Its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, one only in a nest, and leaving them to be hatched out and nourished by the foster parents, to the... | |
 | Newport Natural History Society - 1883 - 576 pages
...October ; some may winter ; chiefly seen in spring and autumn, at the latter season in flocks ; breeds. Its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds is well known. i77- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. — Accidental visitor... | |
 | John George Wood - 1887 - 264 pages
...the Arabic name for the bird is exactly the same as ours, the peculiar cry having supplied the name. Its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds is well known, together with the curious fact, that although so large a bird, measuring more than a... | |
 | John Phin - 1902 - 464 pages
...the ordinary cuckoo-clock. The chief peculiarity which makes the bird interesting to readers of Sh. is its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, generally smaller than itself. When the cuckoo eggs hatch out, the young cuckoo usually manages to... | |
 | John Phin - 1902 - 464 pages
...the ordinary cuckoo-clock. The chief Iieculiarity which makes the bird interesting to readers of Sh. is its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, generally smaller than itself. When the cuckoo eggs hatch out, the young cuckoo usually manages to... | |
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It is rather remarkable, by the way, that the Arabic name for the bird is exactly the same as ours, the peculiar cry having supplied the name. Its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds is well known, together with the curious fact, that... 
