Cuckoos are not the only birds which manifest the parasitic habit of laying their eggs in other birds' nests.
Merrell that the American cuckoo, although as a rule following the ordinary custom of birds in incubating her own eggs, nevertheless occasionally deposits them in the nests of other birds.
Perhaps the strangest of the special instincts manifested by birds is that of the cuckoo laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.
Nevertheless, I could give several instances of various birds which have been known occasionally to lay their eggs in other birds' nests.
It has been asserted that the American cuckoo occasionally lays her eggs in other birds' nests; but I hear on the high authority of Dr.
The cuckoo is said to suck the eggs of other birds; but, surely, such vice is only the rarest dissipation.
Later in the summer he has an aggravating way of joining in the chorus of other birds' songs, by which the pleasant individuality of his own voice is lost.
He is unsociable and unamiable, disliking the society of other birds.
On this account, we may fairly presume that the Cloud Swifts are really less numerous than might be supposed from the analogy of other birds.
Besides his own wild, exultant notes, he rapidly strings together those of other birds, and renders the whole with the spontaneity and something of the accent of the Lark Sparrow.
The birds are not themselves able to make excavations in the wood, but they have no difficulty in possessing themselves of the results of other birds' labors.
The Cowbird invariably deposits her eggs in the nests of other birds.
Many theories, even phrenological theories, have been advanced to explain the origin of the cuckoo laying its eggs in other birds' nests.
Hence we can perceive in the fact of the cuckoo pairing several times, and laying her eggs at intervals, the cause of her depositing her eggs in other birds' nests, and leaving them to the care of foster-parents.
The manner is something like that by which the common house-duck escapes when pursued by a dog; but I am nearly sure that the steamer moves its wings alternately, instead of both together, as in other birds.
According to Azara, this bird, like the cuckoo, deposits its eggs in other birds' nests.
A striking character is that in the genus Aepyornis the proximal extremity of the tarso-metatarsus is larger than the distal extremity, a feature not found in the majority of other birds.
He is so fine an imitator that it is hard to believe he is not doing more than mimicking the notes of other birds, but rather that he really does mock them with a sort of defiant sarcasm.
He banters them less, perhaps, than the Cat Bird, but one would naturally expect all other birds to fly at him with vengeful purpose.
The Butcher Bird has a very agreeable song, which is soft and musical, and he often shows cleverness as a mocker of other birds.
Unlike the sparrow-hawk, the Kestrel is undoubtedly gregarious, and will build its nest in close proximity to the habitations of other birds, a number of nests being often found within a few yards of each other.
It is also a robber of other birds, and if it should happen to see a weaker bird with food, it is sure to attack and rob it.
At last she gave it up, and ever since then she has laid her eggs in other birds' nests and let them rear her young ones for her.
She sneaks around and steals her eggs into the nests of other birds, and some of them are so silly they don't know the difference.
To a certain extent the bird is a mimic, as it imitates such notes of other birds as are within the compass of its little throat.
As soon as the unfrozen earth is penetrable by its beak, it adds to its diet such worms and grubs as it can discover; and, if it be not belied, it is given to plunder the nests of other birds of their eggs and young.
Most, perhaps all of the migratory species, lay their eggs in the nests of other birds.
It deposits its eggs, like the cuckoo, in the nests of other birds.
Their motions are totally unlike those of other birds.
Their song is very simple and pleasing, and to this some add the gift of being able to learn and imitate with great accuracy the notes of other birds.
At that season the large flocks have dispersed, and each pair is intent upon the duties inseparable from incubation to a degree that is seldom equalled by other birds.
The internal construction of the body does not differ from that of other birds of this order.
Besides nesting in forks of low bushes, this species is said to place the domiciles in almost any crevice or nook that suits their fancy, such as loose bark on tree trunks, holes in trees, or other birds' nests.
They are abundant in southern Texas where they deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds, apparently preferring those of Orioles; their eggs are pale bluish green, unmarked; size .
They are very rapacious birds and live to a great extent, especially during the breeding season, upon the eggs and young ofother birds such as Ducks, Murres and smaller Gulls.
I do not remark this dreaminess in the notes of other birds, some crowing at an equal distance, others still further away.
The reason that the double fluting call of the cuckoo is not mimicked by other birds is that they can't; because that peculiar sound is not in their register.
They build their nests in holes hollowed out by Woodpeckers or other Birds.
They climb in a peculiar manner, which has none of the abruptness displayed by other Birds of the same order.
I have observed also, that, when one principal singer takes up a particular tune, other birds in the vicinity will unite in the same.
Vain are all attempts, on the part of other birds, to imitate his truly original style.
Though not prone to imitation, he may be taught to sing tunes, and to imitate the notes of other birds.
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