YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (Coccyzus amer- 
ICANUs). Length: 1 foot. Range: North 
America. 
Cuckoos are often called rain crows 
because they are supposed to utter their 
cry most frequently before rainy weather. 
European cuckoos are notorious for fail¬ 
ing to build their own nests. They lay their 
S. and II. Woodward—“The Adventures of Chico.” eggS in the nests of Other birds. 
ROAD-RUNNER (Geococcyx califor- 
nianus) . Length: 1 foot. Range: 
Deserts of northwest South Amer¬ 
ica, Mexico and southern United 
States. 
Road-runners are rough on 
reptiles—eating lizards and snakes, 
harmless and poisonous species in¬ 
cluded. A recent motion picture 
shows this plucky little bird kill¬ 
ing a rattlesnake. Road-runners 
are deserving of protection. 
