



Ooms. BL unr eS: 63 
eaxvei7. Cc UC ULU S. 
Tut C U-C KO O. 
" The beak is weak and bending. 
The nofirils a little prominent (or jutting out,) and mar- 
ined, (or with a rim.) 
The tongue flatted, flrait, and in the form of an arrow. 
The toes two before and twe behind, for climbing. 
n feathers in the tail, which is in the form of a wedge. 

PEAHE Cuckoo is rather fmaller than a pigeon; 
4 heis a bird of paflage ; he makes his ap- 
pearance early in the {pring, and ftays with us 
but a fhort time. If the feafon be mild, he comes 
the fooner. The Cuckoo is filent for fome time 
after his firft coming. His note is cuckoo, 
from which he takes his name; and he repeats it 
in the morning, in the fpring, from a withered 
~ pough, on which he is generally perched. 
Unlike the generality of birds, Cuckoos do 
not pair; it does not appear neceflary, becaufe 
they neither hatch nor rear their young. When 
a female appears on the wing, fhe is often at- 
tended by two or three males, who feem to be 
earneftly contending for her. From the time of 
her appearance, till after the midile of fummer, 
the 
