common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Description
Cuckoo .? .face i.. 138.
Date 1922
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/9785660803
Author Johns, C. A.; Visger, Jean Allen (Pinder) Owen
Full title British birds in their haunts ... Edited, revised, and annotated by J.A. Owen ... Illustrated with 64 coloured plates by William Foster. With a glossary of common and provincial names and of technical terms.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_birds_in_their_haunts_(Cuculus_canorus).jpg
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa.