Yellow-billed-cuckoo
a north american cuckoo, coccyzus americ-n-s, that has a yellow bill and, unlike many cuckoos, constructs its own nest and rears its own young.
historical examples
poachers and poaching john watson
sketches of the natural history of ceylon j. emerson tennent
the bird book chester a. reed
my man jeeves p. g. wodehouse
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