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	CUCKOO - LoveToKnow Article on CUCKOO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The cuckoo is a summer visitant to the whole of Europe, reaching even far within the Arctic circle, and crossing the Mediterranean from its winter quarters in Africa at the end of March or beginning of April.
		Cuckoos, too, have been not unfrequently shot as they were carrying a cuckoos egg, presumably their own, in their bill, and this has probably given rise to the vulgar, but seemingly groundless, belief that they suck the eggs of other kinds of birds.
		That there is a reasonable probability of each cuckoo most commonly putting her eggs in the nest of the same species of bird, and of this habit being transmitted to her posterity, does not seem to be a very violent supposition.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CU/CUCKOO.htm (3305 words)

	AllRefer.com - cuckoo (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		Cuckoos are slender-bodied, long-tailed birds with medium to stout down-curved bills, pointed wings, short legs (except in the terrestrial species), and dull (usually grayish brown or rufous) plumage.
		The cuckoo is referred to in the Bible, by Aristotle and Pliny, in mythology, and in English poetry.
		Cuckoos are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Cuculiformes, family Cuculidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/cuckoo.html (568 words)

	Cuckoo Wasp: pictures, information, classification and more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Cuckoo wasps are only seen occasionally due to their small size and secretive habits.
		Cuckoo wasps often lurk near the burrows of their hosts, waiting for an opportunity to sneak in and lay an egg.
		The large blue cuckoo wasp, a cleptoparasite, lays its eggs in the nests of solitary wasps in the hornet family.
	www.everythingabout.net /articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps/cuckoo_wasp (385 words)

	Great Spotted Cuckoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Spotted Cuckoo, Clamator glandarius, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, the coucals, and the Hoatzin.
		This species is similar in size to Common Cuckoo, but looks larger with its broad wings and long narrow tail.
		Unlike the Common Cuckoo, neither the hen nor the hatched chick of this species evict the host's eggs, but the young magpies often die because they cannot compete successfully with the cuckoo for food.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Spotted_Cuckoo (232 words)

	Common Cuckoo
		Common cuckoos are more often seen than heard—their colouring allows them to blend in with the surrounding trees.
		Common cuckoos breed in Europe and Asia and winter in South Asia and Africa, south of the Sahara Desert.
		Common cuckoos are good fliers and resemble hawks or falcons in flight, but are awkward on the ground.
	www.wildinfo.com /facts/Cuckoo.asp?page=/facts/Cuckoo.asp (461 words)

	Australian Museum - Cuckoo's Secret
		Cuckoos are famous for their habit of duping other birds into raising their young.
		And when the cuckoo's call was analysed on a sonagraph, it proved to be almost identical to the noise made by a nestful of hungry warbler chicks.
		Given that the cuckoo is being raised alone, and does not face competition for food, it is unlikely that the vocal trickery is used to distract attention from its unusual appearance.
	www.austmus.gov.au /archive.cfm?id=481 (276 words)

	birds template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Cuckoo is any one of a group of related birds found throughout most of the world.
		Two common kinds of cuckoos in North America are the fl-billed cuckoo and the yellow-billed cuckoo.
		The Old World common cuckoo is found throughout Europe and most of Asia, and in Africa south of the Sahara.
	www.worldbook.com /features/birds/html/types_other_cuckoo.html (352 words)

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		Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) on the Courish Spit].
		rearer of the Common Cuckoo's nestlings in Primorye].
		Zapadnom Zabaikal'ye [On biology of the Common Cuckoo in
	www.birdresearch.dk /unilang/AddAE.htm (4586 words)

	Britain's More Silent Spring
		Some of the common birds are also starting to diminish in numbers, including the common cuckoo -- the herald of spring in the British isles.
		The cuckoo's song is traditionally held to mark the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
		Cuckoo chicks are so succeseful that their calls lure birds other than its host parents to feed it.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/wildscaping_retired/90089 (465 words)

	CUCKOO - Online Information article about CUCKOO
		No single bird has perhaps so much occupied the attentionboth of naturalists and of those who are not naturalists, or has had so much written about it, as the common cuckoo, and of no bird perhaps have more idle tales been told.
		In the oviduct of this cuckoo he found an egg coloured very like that of the warbler, and on looking into the nest he found there an exactly similar egg, which there can be no reasonable doubt had just been laid by that very cuckoo.
		ordinary egg of the cuckoo, to contain an embryo so fully formed as to show the characteristic zygodactyl feet of the bird, thus proving unquestionably its parentage.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CRE_DAH/CUCKOO.html (1961 words)

	Cuckoos
		When a female common cuckoo is ready to lay her egg, she must first find a bird species whose eggs resemble hers.
		When a female common cuckoo is ready to lay her egg, she would deposit her egg in the first bird nest she comes across.
		Common cuckoos like to transfer their parental duties to reed warblers.
	www.edhelper.com /AnimalReadingComprehension_176_1.html (632 words)

	Cuckoo - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
		The Cuculiformes or cuckoos are an order of near passerine birds, many (but not all) of which are brood parasites in the nests of birds of other species.
		The turacos were previously classed as cuckoos, but are better considered as a separate order, Musophagiformes.
		The group gets its English and scientific names from the call of the Common Cuckoo, which is also familar from cuckoo clocks[?].
	www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/cu/Cuckoo.html (231 words)

	biology - Cuckoo
		The Cuculidae or cuckoos are a family of near passerine birds, many of the Old World species of which are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of birds of other species.
		The family also includes the American cuckoos, the roadrunners, the anis, and the coucals, none of which are brood parasites, building their own nests in trees or bushes.
		Cuckoo is also a name of the movie by Alexander Rogozhkin.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Cuckoo (271 words)

	Various Wasps
		Most species specialize on a cerain host, but the Common Cuckoo Wasp, also known as the Rubytail) is not very specific: it uses all kinds of bees and wasps to let the larvae feed on.
		The Common Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis ignata) is beautifully coloured.
		This very common Spider Wasp (Auplopus carbonarius) is often seen transporting a spider to the nest.
	hania.gardensafari.net /english/remaining_wasps.htm (1507 words)

	Kenya 1981 trip list
		Common in rift valley lakes and on rivers in Samburu, Mara, and Amboseli
		Common in thornscrub and grasslands from Samburu to Masai Mara
		Common in Nairobi NP and Samburu and Mara
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/Kenya1981list.html (9093 words)

	AnimalWeb
		The cuckoo family gets its name from the distinctive two-note call of the male common cuckoo.
		the common cuckoo ranges across Europe, Asia and America, and all its members are birds that lay their eggs in the nests of other birds.
		Two common kinds of North American birds are the fl-billed cuckoo and the yellow-billed cuckoo.
	www.animalweb.com /animalworld/pages/cuckoo.asp (149 words)

	Bumblebees
		Luckily fot the Common Carder Bee it is not very choosy when it comes to nesting places, so she usually finds another spot rather soon.
		The workers and drones are of a more common bumblebee size: 14 to 17 mm in length and the wingspan usually varies between 30 and 35 mm.
		The Vestal Cuckoo Bumblebee is not very common in gardens, even though it may be seen in greater numbers in some years, while being absent in others.
	hania.gardensafari.net /english/bumblebees.htm (4326 words)

	BIRDS OF INDIANA: Order Coccyges. Cuckoos, etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Common summer resident, arrives early in May and remains until early October.
		The European Cuckoo is noted for its habit of depositing its eggs in the nests of other birds.
		Common summer resident northward in suitable localities; resident southward, generally common, but during severe winters somewhat rare.
	www.ulib.iupui.edu /butlerbirds/order12.html (491 words)

	cuckoo on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Oscar Goes Cuckoo: Nobody ever dreamed it would become one of Hollywood's greatest success stories: How a rebel star, a ragtag cast, and a novice crew produced ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.(Special Oscar Guide...
		Molecular "Cuckoo Clock" suggests listing of Western Yellow-billed Cuckoos may be warranted.
		A cuckoo in a clock may be the only one you'll see.(News)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c1/cuckoo.asp (829 words)

	Honza, M (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The goals of our study were to establish if chicks of the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus have difficulty with hatching out of their strong eggs than chicks of species with eggs of similar size, and whether they possess any mechanisms facilitating hatching.
		Although the rate of pecking was similar in the two species, the Common Cuckoo chicks started pecking earlier in relation to their emergence and consequently required more time and a greater cumulative number of pecks for breaking open their eggs than did young Great Reed Warblers.
		Finally, our study of hatched young revealed several differences; the Cuckoo hatchlings were significantly heavier, had a longer forearm, and their egg tooth was located significantly farther from the tip of the beak.
	www.oikos.ekol.lu.se /Jab.32.3.abstracts/2708.html (322 words)

	Cuckoo clock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically a pendulum clock, that strikes the hours using small bellows and whistles that imitate the call of the Common Cuckoo bird in addition to striking on a wire gong.
		The cuckoo clock was invented in the Black Forest town of Schönwald, Germany, by Franz Ketterer in 1738.
		The cuckoo clock is often wrongly associated with Switzerland, as in the movie The Third Man.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Cuckoo-clock.htm (435 words)

	Cuckoo - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The cuckoo is a dove-sized bird with blue grey upper parts, head and chest with dark barred white under parts.
		Cuckoos can be seen throughout the UK, but are especially numerous in southern and central England.
		Cuckoo in flight at the RSPB Strumpshaw Fen nature reserve, Norfolk - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com, Ref: 2001015_00041_002)
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/c/cuckoo/index.asp (250 words)

	SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BIRDS for CHINA
		Rather common at Wolong and en route from Wolong to Hongyuan.
		3 at Wolong, fairly common en route from Wolong to Hongyuan, common on the Tibetan Plateau and en route from Wa Qie to Jiuzhaigou, a few at Jiuzhaigou and en route from Jiuzhaigou to Chengdu.
		Common at Wolong, on the Tibetan Plateau and at Jiuzhaigou
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/china/china1/CHINA2.htm (1620 words)

	Amundsen, T (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Amundsen, T., Brobakken, P. T., Moksnes, A. and Røskaft, E. Rejection of common cuckoo Cuculus canorus eggs in relation to female age in the bluethroat Luscinia svecica.
		One such response that has been demonstrated in one common cuckoo Cuculus canorus host species is that first year, naive breeders accept parasitic eggs at a higher frequency than older and more experienced birds do.
		This finding is discussed in relation to recognition costs, cuckoo egg mimicry and the bluethroat’s present status as a host.
	www.oikos.ekol.lu.se /Jab.33.4.abstracts/JAB2894abs.htm (172 words)

	Kultasointu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Common Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Wood Sandpiper, Whooper Swan, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Brambling, Hooded Crow, Whimbrel, Common Crane, Common Snipe.
		The Common Quail is rare in Finland, but if you are lucky, you can sometimes hear it calling from within the vegetation on large cultivated fields.
		The earthy smell from the bare fields, the murmur of a small stream and the courting Eurasian Curlews give a special feel to the landscape, with the fields peacefully waiting to be seeded.
	www.kolumbus.fi /kultasointu/lsoi6e.htm (1443 words)

	B-Mail(sm): RI-RBA for June 2004
		A male COMMON GOLDENEYE and a female BUFFLEHEAD were seen on the Seekonk River on the 6th.
		On the 13th, a COMMON MOORHEN was found at the pond behind Aunt Carrie's Restaurant in Narragansett.
		On the 15th, a COMMON EIDER was seen off the URI Graduate School of Oceanography beach in Narragansett.
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/rirba/200406 (1503 words)

	Auk, The: Primary sex-ratio variation in two brood parasitic birds: Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) and Common ...
		Given that nestling cuckoos eject host eggs, competition with host nestlings is not important, though cuckoo hosts vary substantially in size (Wylie 1981) and reducing provisioning costs for host parents may act as a selective pressure that could bias the sex of cuckoos laid in nests of different hosts.
		For cuckoos, DNA was analyzed from 129 samples (mean number per year: 32.25 +/- 16.26; range: 16-54) obtained from eggs laid in the nests of two hosts (Great Reed Warbler [Acrocephalus arundiaceus] and Azure-winged Magpie [Cyanopica cyana]) over a four-year period (1991-1994) from a study site on the Chikuma River, Nagano, in central Japan.
		A crude power analysis for overall sex-ratio for cowbirds and cuckoos was also done by determining what deviation would be required to achieve significance at the 0.05 level given the number of offspring tested.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_200204/ai_n9068323 (1349 words)

	Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Coccyzus americanus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Yellow-billed Cuckoo occurs during the breeding season in most areas of the United States except the northeastern and north-central states (from Washington to North Dakota).
		In the Southeast, this cuckoo is common except in the Appalachians and peninsular Florida.
		The Mangrove Cuckoo, another similar species, is buff-colored underneath and has a fl eye stripe.
	museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/birds/cuculiformes/camericanus.html (345 words)

	Eurasian Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
		This is a bird of forest, woodland and bushy scrub.
		Although Eurasian Cuckoos are mainly shy and solitary, on passage they may be seen in flocks of 10 or more.
		The bird pictured above is a rufous morph female of the nominate race and was one of a small flock of about 8 birds seen at Lake Baringo in October 2003.
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /cuckoo-e.htm (206 words)

	Addenda to Cuckoo Bibliography 2
		Lindholm, A. 1999: Brood parasitism by the cuckoo on patchy Reed Warbler populations in
		obyknovennoi kukushki v Yuzhnom Zabaikal'ye [On the ecology of the Common Cuckoo in Southern Trans-Baikalia].
		Short-winged Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus Gould) - nesting parasite of the
	www.birdresearch.dk /unilang/AddLQ.htm (3839 words)

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