174 STORIES OF BIRD LIFE 



by the lakes and along the streams where other kinds of 

 trees are growing. 



The cuckoo family is a numerous one. There are one 

 hundred and seventy-five known species, thirty-five of 

 which are found in the New World. In the United States 

 we have three species. These are the yellow-billed cuckoo, 

 the black-billed cuckoo, and the mangrove cuckoo. The 

 latter does not occur in large numbers. 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



How early in the spring have you seen the cuckoo? Does it live among 

 the trees, or in open places ? How does the cuckoo fly, slow or fast, high or 

 low? Is the cuckoo useful to fruit growers? If so, how? What kinds of 

 notes does it make? Do cuckoos ever go in flocks? Do they ever fly about 

 at night like an owl ? What is the bird called in your neighborhood ? 



