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	Cuckoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cuculidae or cuckoos are a family of near passerine birds.
		Unlike many cuckoos, the coucals lay their eggs in nests on the ground or in low shrubs.
		These large tropical cuckoos are capable of taking vertebrate prey such as lizards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuckoo (286 words)

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		Balatsky N.N. (1994b) The Cuckoo Cuculus canorus as a nest species-parasite of the chaffinch Fringilla coelebs and the brambling F.
		Balatsky N.N. (1998a) The cuckoo Cuculus canorus in the Novosibirsk Region.
		Balatsky N.N. (1998c) The Cuckoo as a nest species-parasite of the whitethroat in Euroasia.
	www.birdresearch.dk /unilang/AddAE.htm (4586 words)

	Welcome To Indian Wildlife Club.com
		Cuckoo : But he has enough why he is now destroying us.
		Cuckoo : But it seems that you are not understanding him.
		Cuckoo : The struggle is between those who have and those who don’t have.
	www.indianwildlifeclub.com /mainsite/b7play.asp (1742 words)

	Politics of the Cuckoo's Nest & India's Unity - Nadesan Satyendra
		The reference to the ‘‘cuckoos nest’’ was to the conference organised by the ‘‘Viduthalai Kuyilgal’’ in Madras on March 8 which was banned by the Police.
		‘Though reports of disintegration of the Indian Union are often great exaggerated, events in the Soviet Union show that empires do crumble, if they do not recognise well in time, the political force of emergent nationalisms, and take steps to restructure in a genuine and meaningful way.
		To deny that is to talk about not the politics of the cuckoos nest but about the politics of cloud cuckooland.
	www.tamilnation.org /saty/9205cuckoo.htm (754 words)

	WORLDTWITCH - Northeast India Trip Report, March-April 1998, by Henk Hendriks
		When we arrived at the lake it turned out to be incredibly crowded at one side of the lake and when we walked away from the crowds to go birding further along the lake we were stopped by the military.
		Unfortunately, the Indian army had decided to have a major military operation in the region during the time I visited the Lava area.
		Indian Roller Observed at Kaziranga, Nameri and on transit in Assam.
	www.worldtwitch.com /hendriks_ne_india.htm (9083 words)

	Addenda to Cuckoo Bibliography 2
		Lindholm, A. 1999: Brood parasitism by the cuckoo on patchy Reed Warbler populations in
		Short-winged Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus Gould) - nesting parasite of the
		Neufeldt, I. 1959: [On breeding biology of the Indian Cuckoo in Amurland].
	www.birdresearch.dk /unilang/AddLQ.htm (3839 words)

	Cuckoo - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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.
		A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo's Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals.
		Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good read with an engaging story line and a...
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /cuckoo.htm (360 words)

	Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo
		Crateroscelis:...banded bay cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides grote sperwerkoekoek large hawk-cuckoo Cuculus vagans kleine sperwerkoekoek moustached hawk-cuckoo Cuculus variolosus...
		Tabin Cuckoos, Malcohas and Coucals: Cuculus, fugax, Hodgson's hawk cuckoo.
		Myanmar: Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Hodgsonâs Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus vagrans...
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/M/Moustached_Hawk-Cuckoo.shtml (980 words)

	American Indian Film Institute :: Tribute to Will Sampson
		Advance tickets are available by calling the American Indian Film Institute at 415.554.0525, and through their website at www.aifisf.com.
		AIFI offers five different ticket levels: the Diamond [The White Buffalo Table] is available for $25,000; the Platinum [The Cuckoo's Nest Table] at $10,000; the Gold [The Josey Wales Table] for $7,500; the Silver [The Vega$ Table] at $5,000 and the Bronze [The Fishhawk Table] is available for $2,500.
		The American Indian Film Institute is a non-profit media arts center created to foster understanding of the culture, traditions and issues of contemporary Native Americans.
	www.aifisf.com /ws.htm (817 words)

	Ali & Ripley
		This exercise in standardization of English avian common names of the Indian subcontinent has its genesis in Volume 2, No. 4 of Buceros, which should be referred to get a better idea of the need and basis of this document.
		It is also stressed that quite a few of our views on the subject in that volume have undergone change after incorporating the respondents’ views.
		Indian inappropriate - not endemic, and unnecessary - there is only one Banded Bay Cuckoo.
	home.att.net /~spiderhunters/attachments/C.htm (1569 words)

	Sanctuary Asia - Book Review
		The Indian Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius was found to be a brood parasite on Pale-capped Babbler Turdoides affinis (Jerdon) in Kerala Agricultural Univeristy Campus, Thrissur.
		The chances of babbler nests parasitised by cuckoos is maximum when they build nests on open-crowned and exposed trees at heights more than 5 m.
		The study also indicates that the cuckoo may be destroying the eggs or the chicks of the host.
	www.sanctuaryasia.com /reviews/resabstract.php (1690 words)

	Corbett Tour, Corbett India Tourist Places, Sight Seeing Tour in Corbett India, Tourist Places in Corbett, SightSeeing ...
		The less insistent, far pleasanter, cadenced 'broken-pekoe' of the Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus Micropterus) also enlivens the forests then; both birds are highly arboreal and an inconspicuous grey brown, so that they are seldom seen though so often heard.
		The Coucal or Crow Pheasant is common on the outskirts of the tree forests; it is a Nonparasitic Cuckoo.
		The Indian Alpine Swift and the Himalayan White-rumped swift are features of the summer skies; they are among the larger swifts and fly at a dizzying speed.
	magical-india.com /City/CityDetails.asp?CityId=74 (2963 words)

	malaysia-lowland-e (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There are also many cuckoo species in the jungle.
		Drongo Cuckoo looks very similar to a Black or Bronzed Drongo unless you see the slightly long and decurved bill.
		Indian Cuckoo is a common forest dweller but is very hard to see while it sits in the middle storey.
	bluebonnet.tripod.co.jp /M-lowland-e.htm (828 words)

	Bird watching trip report - Sri Lanka - surfbirds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bellanwila Marsh: Spot-billed Pelican (27), Indian Cormorant (2), Black Bittern (2), Black-headed Ibis (2), Ruddy-breasted Crake, Loten's Sunbird, and Brown-headed Barbet.
		Yala NP: Sri Lanka Junglefowl (3), Orange-breasted Green Pigeon (4), Green Imperial Pigeon (3), Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Blue-faced Malkoha (2), Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (7), Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, Rufous-winged Bushlark (5), Jerdon's Leafbird, White-browed Fantail (5), Jungle Prinia.
		Horton Plains: Sri Lanka Junglefowl (3), Indian Scimitar Babbler (2), Dull-blue Flycatcher (2), Sri Lanka White-eye (10).
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/sri-lanka-mp-0104.html (1590 words)

	DISCOVERY OF DRAVIDIAN AS THE COMMON SOURCE OF INDO-EUROPEAN
		The DR. seed-word of this IE root is kukil = cuckoo (1764-Ka).
		The word kokila = Indian cuckoo used in Sanskrit is genetically connected to this DR. word (see at the end of 1764).
		The DR. seed-words with which this IE root is fused are kalai = shaft of bamboo [[which is a reed plant]], stem of sugarcane.
	www.datanumeric.com /dravidian/page056.html (658 words)

	Kerala at a Glance - God's Own Country : muraleedharan.com
		From the Neelakurinji that blooms once every twelve years to podocarpus wallichianus, the only south indian conifer, and skirting these exotic destinations are some of the most delightful trekking trails in the country.
		Indian Roller, Cukoo, Common Snipe, Crow Pheasant, Jungle Nightjar, Kite, Grey Drongo, Malabar Trogon, Woodpecker, Large Pied Wagtail, Baya Sparrow, Grey Jungle Fowl, Indian Hill Myna, Robin, Jungle Babbler And Darter.
		Located on the banks of the vembanad lake, the kumarakom bird sanctuary, an ornithologist's paradise, is a favourite haunt of migratory birds like the siberian stork, egret, darter, heron and teal.
	muraleedharan.tripod.com /kerala_wildlife.html (1830 words)

	Cuckoo - Definition of Cuckoo by Webster's Online Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo.
		A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; - called also toad spittle and frog spit.
		To see a cuckoo in your dream, represents timing and fate.
	www.webster-dictionary.org /definition/cuckoo (212 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - Sri Lanka - surfbirds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The light was poor and we were initially dodging the drizzle but it was worthwhile with new waterbirds including White-breasted Waterhen, Purple (Indian) Swamphen and Lesser Whistling-duck while the distinctive local race of Red-rumped Swallow showed why it is a likely candidate for re-splitting into Sri Lanka Swallow with it's totally rufous underparts.
		Undoubtedly the best birds here were a pair of Indian Scimitar-babblers which noisily investigated us for 10 minutes, a rare treat for a species which is normally extremely secretive.
		Pied Cuckoo and Eurasian Hoopoe were seen well but the same could not be said for the Asian Elephants which trumpeted in the bush but refused to show anything more than various small parts of their anatomy (mainly tail and backside!).
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/sri-lanka-pm-0403.html (3637 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Northern India
		Hundreds of painted storks were gathered there with lower numbers of spoonbills, glossy ibis, woolly-necked and fl-necked storks, purple gallinules, darters, Indian shags, little cormorants and all regular herons and egrets.
		The two most unexpected sightings were the regular groups of rosy starling migrating north and just as we left, 35 Indian vultures rose to the sky from nearby cliffs.
		My favourite ten birds of the trip were: Indian Skimmer, upland buzzard, Indian courser, white-naped woodpecker, maroon-backed accentor, blue-fronted robin, fl-faced warbler, golden bush-robin, chestnut-tailed minla, and gold-naped finch.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/india/india24-N/ind-april-04.htm (14271 words)

	Cuckoo
		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 baby which hatches from the egg laid in another species' nest methodically evicts all other occupants of the nest.
		The turacos were previously classed as cuckoos, but are better considered as a separate order, Musophagiformes.
	www.fastload.org /cu/Cuckoo.html (196 words)

	Отряд Кукушкообразные - Cuculiformes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ширококрылая кукушка - Hierococcyx fugax (Horsfield,1821) - Horsfield's Hawk Cuckoo.
		Глухая кукушка - Cuculus saturatus Blyth,1843 – Horsefield’s Cuckoo, Oriental Cuckoo.
		Малая кукушка - Cuculus poliocephalus Latham,1790 – Asian Lesser Cuckoo.
	lazovzap.dvo.ru /pages/cuculiformes.htm (50 words)

	Musicological Study of Sri Guru Granth Sahib
		While this Indo-Muslim cultural contact were being made in the north of India, there developed a schism between North Indian Hindustani style and South Indian or Karnataka style became rigidly fixed during sixteenth century.
		Sarang is a kind of Indian Cuckoo which is believed to drink only rain drops.
		It is considered one of the most important of the north Indian ragas.
	www.sikhreview.org /march2003/moral1.htm (2978 words)

	Sacred Groves and Sacred Trees of Uttara Kannada...
		Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, B-90, pp.
		Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 3rd Session, pp.
		An Essay on the Origin of the South Indian Temple.
	www.ignca.nic.in /cd_08011.htm (1083 words)

	Cuckoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The baby which hatches from the egg laid in another species' nestmethodically evicts all other occupants.
		Thecoucals are not nest parasites and, unlike many cuckoos, lay their eggs on the ground.
		These large tropical cuckoos are capableof taking vertebrate prey such as lizards.
	www.therfcc.org /cuckoo-64543.html (209 words)

	Birdquest, Trip Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Vultures have taken a tumble in the Indian Subcontinent (the decline recently shown to be caused by a veterinary drug administered to livestock) and we saw rather few on the tour, but at Kosi there were small numbers of distant White-rumped and Himalayan Griffon Vultures.
		We had good views of the recently split Indian Spotted Eagle (aka Lesser Spotted Eagle) and other raptors included a Peregrine that pursued a Common Pochard until the latter dived into the water and made its escape, and a very distant blob which was identified as a subadult Pallas's Fish Eagle.
		But, as the mobile phone started ringing again and again it became clear that all was not going to plan and it transpired that truckers and bus operators, unhappy with the government's lack of action against the Maoists, had declared their own ‘strike' that very morning, whereby they blockaded the road at Hetauda.
	www.birdquest.co.uk /trip_reports_detail.cfm?ReportID=340 (2682 words)

	Corbett National Park, India Trip Report
		At Gairal Rest-house, where we stopped for a cup of tea, produced a Drongo Cuckoo, a bird we heard all the time but never saw again.
		The sight of several hundred Mahaseer in a feeding frenzy is a sight to behold.
		A Pied Crested Cuckoo made a brief appearance, as did a Common Hawk Cuckoo.
	www.kolkatabirds.com /corbett/corbetttripreport.htm (3755 words)

	Red-Faced Malkoha
		Species Profile for Red-faced malkoha (cuckoo): Federal Register documents that apply to the Red-faced malkoha (cuckoo).
		Index of Species in the family Cuckoos (Cuculidae): 76-62, Chestnut-breasted Malkoha, Phaenicophaeus curvirostris.
		CUCULIDAE (Cuckoos): Malkoha; Phaenicophaeus curvirostris Chestnut-breasted Malkoha; Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus Red-faced Malkoha; Phaenicophaeus superciliosus...
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/QR/Red-Faced_Malkoha.shtml (1902 words)

	Checklist Of Birds of Karnataka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		More importantly it will throw up a discussion on the change in habitat of these birds and also on the accuracy of some of the sightings.
		Other south Indian states have checklists of most of the sightings recorded till date.
		Prominent among Dr. Ali's discoveries in the old Mysore are the nesting colony of swifts at Jog falls and the breeding colony of waterfowl on the banks of Cauvery river near Palahally village, which has led to the formation of Karnataka's most popular bird sanctuary- Ranganathitoo.
	karnatakabirds.com /chklist.htm (931 words)

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