A M E R IC A N - C U C K O O .
Coccyzus Americanus ; (Bona#:)
d e a l's C¡0C€ Y U &* Vidll.
On*. Ck.nV h '‘U of in«K:n»l<' tcngt!
• presad. JStmt&t* basal., dkiiu
lïKV'â'UgÀftid 'ill
s ti A M M M t CS A N ' C V C K O O.
Four $ ||j | A m c r k ^ - ^ i d e » ' i i«Mnî-. fúfe'i'y »» Great Britain, namely two iít Ireland, oné in
Wales« .and100« ’«»i Cornwall, we bipre nd he&itotio» in admitting it to a place in this work.
The first:jaot/tCc we are acquainted with.of the occurrence of this bird appeared m .tins Field Naturalists
^ r’ ^ Castle, in a letter to the editor o f this Magazine, made known the
capture of HjÉ (ÍííbÍ jspftcimen, which wna shot npar Yougheà-, ito the couuty of Cork, in the autumn o f 1825 5
and the scawhd ¡fija®' abet at a btfegr period at (Hd Connaught ue»r Brkjv '{ $igj; CJbrnwall specimen was the
during iiLfi iotusLt -?f 18,162. This h*t>i eswBpfe Sia» now by tjte Ukwality of His Lordslùp been deposited in
the •Briû4 ' iliem.iv.ii;.. ■v!t '■*«. tv did. foot-;, oí tVe SmS* epeewww* were exhibited at the Zoological Society by
Mr. H'ÜwítqR* ‘-¡¡I. ^
“ This ldm" my* . Audidiofl, ' I U*t up¡:.t wiit-fy ia.aâ ífec lew and. damp placès/m Matáaebúsetts,
along the M of Upper Canadá, pretty high on the Mississippi and Arkansas, and in every State between
these frçwwidai if lines. Its appearance in the State of New York seldom takes place before the beginning of
middle o f that month-" T V most frequent rude of
tmich Ifctee ct¿l- sr«*fd' «egç. w i»ïih>n.}x;ated. that it Les <&<afca«£ *S»s ¿i* mera: «.¿¡¡i.
frombein iit^ÍPlf^ÍpSi|ÍÍ;ií '•:■"». ;:! is iít some pMfe« raí u¿ . u- : .
Cuckoo thtë'A ■-. .^íít v,• :>■■ yamjg'- assiduity, hut it sometimes robs
soaal’cr bitdMï %.%! = « ' # itfi own egg, «agáot !: •> ' ■■ ningala» &$$uxi is occasion.
p l i found w »»yijtíbp'^yf« .gtfîwt. Mr. Audobon says 'Ümt-hs own t.*.»: -ér. ’tííÍ|üÍKii; &*.(. ••¡..wq-i-oy! of -• few
(Ürv atidks $ p | "W»ch like that o f the Common Owe : the eggs as* ftww or 6wix 5» »umber, of
rather an-éfam (ted ’< « • & : . and bright greet} colour. The young are principally led'with insects daring
the fiivi; 'WBtlfiji <áíe!i/ r-<r5¿' e»dv ,.■«<, brood in a .»eason, unless’ the eggs are reato rod <v dK8Mr«yeiln
'’!%> .ngtp^rftn le o? 'fiíWsftíístriR^ámple?« of an' Atuerik:*«» spfotes in this countrt-tes- eautw'^l «or»;*- »jteéa.
biJihwt. l«f|í tiiiij eoBsider ít as a rnigratk»» fiWHB America to Europe, thinks it probable
! bu-' í'ii >>»'::• north o f Europe.
¿i sjrx««»:, íImí uoifer one yellow, the sride« fearel,: {mevailhug coioor o f the head,
*¡er¿.. N,r<;4- •< »*tri 1 ui)i^wfti»<|e^.aied two middle tâil^fèathêrv tight i - toe otltw tnMntb en
»ne'fifcwife; Bí^síi y.»ï «<«Ép vh** outer tail-feather on eaçli side m whiie fâ;o ¡«wteí* web; the tai! gradtwttid
j iH' ílili body greyish white y the legs ami toes hifeut.
We ha v¡\ Mjv'«' l"j i / '-tne natura* size.