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Download or read book Cuckoo written by Cynthia Chris and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and wide-ranging romp through the cultural history of a peculiar bird. The cuckoo is peculiar for inspiring such divergent ideas: a symbol of foolishness to both Aristophanes and Cocoa Puffs, a reliable harbinger of spring and the hours of a cuckoo clock, and the source of innumerable innuendos inspired by a habit of laying eggs in others’ nests. In this short, entertaining book, Cynthia Chris explores both the natural and cultural history of the cuckoo as well as the many stories told throughout the centuries about this fascinating bird.
Book Synopsis The Cuckoo's Nest by : Martha Dickinson Bianchi
Download or read book The Cuckoo's Nest written by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Odtaa written by John Masefield and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cuckoos written by Robert B. Payne and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-07-14 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cuckoos are the most variable birds in social behavior and parental care: a few cuckoos are among the most social of all birds and rear their young in a common nest; most cuckoos are caring parents that rear their own young with some females laying a few eggs in the nests of others; while many cuckoo species are brood parasites who leave their eggs in the nests of other birds to rear, with their young maturing to kill their foster nestmates. In The Cuckoos, Robert B. Payne presents a new evolutionary history of the family based on molecular genetics, and uses the family tree to explore the origins and diversity of their behaviour. He traces details of the cuckoos' biology to their original sources, includes descriptions of previously unpublished field observations, and reveals new comparisons of songs showing previously overlooked cuckoo species. Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned colour plates and numerous maps, halftones, and line drawings, The Cuckoos provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of this family yet available.
Download or read book Cuckoo written by Nick Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted biologist's careful and beguiling study of why cuckoos have got away with tricking other birds into hatching and raising their young for thousands of years. The familiar call of the common cuckoo, “cuck-oo,” has been a harbinger of spring ever since our ancestors walked out of Africa many thousands of years ago. However, for naturalist and scientist Nick Davies, the call is an invitation to solve an enduring puzzle: how does the cuckoo get away with laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and tricking them into raising young cuckoos rather than their own offspring? Early observers who noticed a little warbler feeding a monstrously large cuckoo chick concluded the cuckoo's lack of parental care was the result of faulty design by the Creator, and that the hosts chose to help the poor cuckoo. These quaint views of bad design and benevolence were banished after Charles Darwin proposed that the cuckoo tricks the hosts in an evolutionary battle, where hosts evolve better defenses against cuckoos and cuckoos, in turn, evolve better trickery to outwit the hosts. For the last three decades, Davies has employed observation and field experiments to unravel the details of this evolutionary “arms race” between cuckoos and their hosts. Like a detective, Davies and his colleagues studied adult cuckoo behavior, cuckoo egg markings, and cuckoo chick begging calls to discover exactly how cuckoos trick their hosts. For birding and evolution aficionados, The Cuckoo is a lyrical and scientifically satisfying exploration of one of nature's most astonishing and beautiful adaptations.
Book Synopsis The Cuckoo Clock by : Mrs. Molesworth
Download or read book The Cuckoo Clock written by Mrs. Molesworth and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cuckoo Clock" by Mrs. Molesworth. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Cuckoo! written by Fiona Roberton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious and heartwarming read-aloud from IRA Children’s Book Award winner Cuckoo hatches. And all is well. But when his brothers and sisters sing out Too-too-weet! Too-too-weet! Cuckoo instead chirps Cuckoo! and no one can understand him. When he leaves his nest, Cuckoo still can’t find anyone who speaks his language. He tries to communicate with the other animals—coomooing and buckooing and cabooing along the way—but he doesn’t sound like anyone else out there! Just when he thinks all is lost, Cuckoo finds an unlikely friend who understands him perfectly. IRA Children’s Book Award winner Fiona Roberton has created an utterly charming read-aloud about a little bird that will win fans over with his hilarious attempts at communication and determination to go to any length to find a friend.
Book Synopsis Linguistic Survey of India by : Linguistic Survey of India
Download or read book Linguistic Survey of India written by Linguistic Survey of India and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cuckoo Clock written by Molesworth and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
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Book Synopsis A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: part 1. C-Comm (1893) by : James Augustus Henry Murray
Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: part 1. C-Comm (1893) written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Household Book of Poetry by : Charles Anderson Dana
Download or read book The Household Book of Poetry written by Charles Anderson Dana and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis All the Year Round by : Charles Dickens
Download or read book All the Year Round written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Poetical Album; Or, Choice Selections of Poetry and Song written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Poets and Poetry of Poland by : Paul Soboleski
Download or read book Poets and Poetry of Poland written by Paul Soboleski and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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