YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO 
AMERICAN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. VIRGINIAN 
CUCKOO. CAROLINA CUCKOO. COW-BIRD. RAIN-CROW. 
Cuculus Americanus, LINN 2&US., 
Coccyzus Americanus, Linna&us. JENYNS. 
Cuculus cinerosus, TEMMINCK. 
“ Carolinensis, WIson. 
Erythrophrys Americanus, SWAINSON. 
Cuculus—A term of reproach, Americanus—American. 
Tur American Cuckoo, as its name imports, is a native of 
that continent, that is to say of the northern division of it, 
where it is a common bird. 
In this country four examples have occurred. One was shot 
in Cornwall; another in Wales, in the autumn of 1832, on 
the estate of Lord Cawdor. One near Youghall, in the county 
of Cork, in the autumn of 1825; and another at Old Connaught, 
near Bray, in the county of Wicklow, also in the autumn 
of 1832. 
The American Cuckoo frequents the retired glades and deep 
hollows of lonely woods, the borders of solitary swamps, and 
also orchards. 
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a migratory bird, arriving from 
the more southern parts in the more northern about the 22nd. 
of April, from whence it returns in the autumn. 
It is a shy and solitary species. The female is remarkably 
attentive to her nest, and when roused feigns lameness, after 
the manner of several other birds, fluttering and trailing her 
wings to endeavour to decoy any stranger from the spot. The 
male keeps watch within view, and gives an alarm by his 
note of the approach of any danger. 
