FLYCATCHERS AND OTHER FRIENDS IN FEATHERS 



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AMERICAN CUCKOOS ARE \\ HOLLY UNLIKE THE BIRD OF IHE CUCKOO CLOCK 

 Instead of a cheery ctickoo. their "song" is an unmusical succession of chucks and clucks. 

 u ft^Rtrr-^ RiT iFD eats tent caterpillars while the Yellow-billed utters a guttural note In 

 ^ontrast'to^he^Eu opeTn cu^ habitually lays its eggs in the nests of other birds they 



contrast to tne ^"™^^^ , • ' oun„. The Coppery-tailed Trogon, of red breast, lives along 



trM^'ica^n border a"dU gorgeous quetzal, worshiped by the Maya and Aztecs. 



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