Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 125
es depart from theirusual habit, and take up with the abandoned nest ofsome other species. The blue-jay now and then lays inan old crows-nest or cuckoos-nest. The crow-black-bird, seized with a fit of indolence, drops its eggs inthe cavity of a decayed branch. I heard of a cuckoo 102 A Book of… … Baltimore Oriole and Nest. anests of theblackbirdset in theouter edges,like somany para-sites, or, asAudubonsays, likethe retainersabout the rudecourt of a feudalbaron. The same birdsbreeding in asouthern climateconstructelaborate far less nests Certain than when breeding in a northern…
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