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... nest . The young whydah mimics the mouth pattern of the young estrildid finch , thereby triggering feeding behaviour ... nests , allowing the cuckoos to deposit their eggs in them . common cuckoo Cuculus canorus shikra Accipiter badius ...
... nest . The young whydah mimics the mouth pattern of the young estrildid finch , thereby triggering feeding behaviour ... nests , allowing the cuckoos to deposit their eggs in them . common cuckoo Cuculus canorus shikra Accipiter badius ...
Page 147
... nest and either abandon the nest , build another nest right over the first , or eject the strange egg . Each female cuckoo consis- tently lays eggs of one colour pattern and must therefore parasitize a particular host species . One ...
... nest and either abandon the nest , build another nest right over the first , or eject the strange egg . Each female cuckoo consis- tently lays eggs of one colour pattern and must therefore parasitize a particular host species . One ...
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... Nest ( 1907 ) and also appeared in many Biograph films . He had already attempted to make a living as a stage actor and a playwright without much success , and his real goal in approaching the film companies seems to have been to sell ...
... Nest ( 1907 ) and also appeared in many Biograph films . He had already attempted to make a living as a stage actor and a playwright without much success , and his real goal in approaching the film companies seems to have been to sell ...
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