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... Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ... - Page 289by United States. Department of Agriculture - 1880Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| washington: Government Printing Officee - 1865 - 778 pages
...couple manifest any decided preference for one another. Another curious peculiarity of this species is its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, usually but one in a nest, instead of building its own nest, and allowing its young to be hatched and... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| United States Entomological Commission - 1878 - 828 pages
...bird causes such wholesale destruction among birds as the cowbird. Its habit of laying its eggs iu tbe nests of other birds, one only in a nest, and leaving...the destruction of their own kind merits banishment aud death. Unfortunately they are abundant in Nebraska, but as attention is being directed to their... | |
| United States Entomological Commission - 1878 - 832 pages
...tribes are healthier and safer without his society. Perhaps no bird causes such wholesale destruction among birds as the cowbird. Its habit of laying its eggs in the iiests of other birds, one only in a nest, and leaving them to be hatched out and nourished by 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
...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... | |
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