Lexicographical Neighbors of Coucals
Literary usage of Coucals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by Erik Maijaard (2005)
"... coucals and ground-cuckoo Data from the USA suggest that nest parasites such
as the Brown-headed Cowbird (Spizella passerina) become more common in ..."
2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"... are usually three in number, and measure about 1-44 by 1-16. coucals are
regarded as a great delicacy by Indian Mahomedans- and by some Hindoo castes. ..."
3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1862)
"The coucals have the plumage harsh and spinous; the young are usually more or
less barred ; in some these cross-bands are permanent. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1816)
"The coucals in general form a most beautiful tribe of birds; they reside in woods,
feed on insects and fruits; they construct their nests in trees, ..."
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