YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



AMERICAN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. VIRGINIAN 

 CUCKOO. CAROLINA CUCKOO. COW-BIRD. RAIN-CROW. 



Cuculus Americanus^ LlNN^US. 



Coccyzus Americanus, LINN^KUS. 



Cuculus cineroKUS, TEMMINCK. 



" Carolinensis, WILSON. 



Erythroplirys Americanus, SwAiNSON. 



Cuculus A term of reproach. Americanus American. 



THE 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. 



