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Stories about birds of land and water (1874)

Kirby, Mary, 1817-1893, Kirby, Elizabeth, 1823-1873 · Hartford [Conn.] : American Publishing Co. · leaf 156

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 156 — g. She does not consult them about it, for perhaps they wouldrefuse—for it is no great honour—and mischief, as a rule, comes of it, thatis, to their own poor little nestlings. THE CUCKOO AND HER EGGS. 153 But the birds are in happy ignorance of the honour intended for them.The cuckoo flies… … THE GOLDEN CUCKOO. caterpillars and grubs, and she chooses the little birds that provide such farefor their families. She fixes on the hedge-sparrow, or the lark, or the black-bird, and contrives to drop an egg in the nest. Her egg is small and goesin very easily. But she has often been accused of…

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