FAMILY CuculidcB 



over two hundred species that are scattered 

 all over the world, only half a dozen of which 

 belong to North America north of the Mexi- 

 can border. It is closely related to the tree 

 cuckoos, the yellow-billed and the black- 

 billed cuckoos of the whole of the United 

 States. In the March- April Bird-Lore for 

 1915 Finley tells of his many interesting 

 experiences with the road-runner. He found 

 it one of the wariest and wisest of birds and a 

 never ending source of interest and enjoy- 

 ment. 



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