HOST RELATIONS OF PARASITIC COWBIRDS 



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means only that the observers had no opportunity of revisiting the 

 nests later or else that they collected the eggs and thereby put to an 

 end their chances of success. Aside from the two species of doves, all 

 the hosts seem potentially able to incubate, hatch, feed, and give 

 proper care to the young of the parasite. 



Hosts of the Bronzed Cowbird 

 Summary 



• Have been known to rear yoimg bronzed cowbirds. 



