Yellow-billed

The writer listed some other species he's spotted in his backyard: a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a Blackpoll Warbler—40 in all.

Birds on the Brain Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

Yellow-billed magpie ( '' Pica nuttalli ''), Stanislaus County, California, United States (Photograph by Peter LaTourrette)

California Central Valley grasslands 2008

Long-tailed and slim-bodied, with short, rounded wings instantly spelled out cuckoo in my mind; which one, I have no idea though I suspected Yellow-billed!

Gestalt at 70 MPH John L. Trapp 2006

In Coahuila, the Yellow-billed Cuckoo seems to be uncommon.

Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

The Yellow-billed Cuckoo was seen also by Findley 2 mi.

Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

The upper half of his bill was black, but the under half was yellow, and from this he is called the Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

Burgess Bird Book for Children 1919

"Wrong again -- it is a Cuckoo; the Yellow-billed one, I think, for the voice is louder and harsher than that of his Black-billed brother."

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870

The Yellow-billed Blue Magpie breeds throughout the lower ranges of the Himalayas in well-wooded localities from Hazara to Bhootan, and very likely further east still, from April to August, mostly however,

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

Yellow-billed Cuckoo is quite different, being long, slender, and graceful, and a very patient parent -- even though the nest she builds is rather a poor thing, made of a few twigs piled so loosely in a bush that the pale-green eggs sometimes drop out.

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870

We found some nice birds, including a swooping Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

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