"Zonotrichia" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... deposits its eggs in other birds' nests. I was several times told by the country people that there certainly is some bird having this habit; and my assistant in collecting, who is a very accurate person, found a nest of the sparrow of this country (Zonotrichia matutina), with one egg in it larger than the others, and of a different colour and shape. In North America there is another species of Molothrus (M. pecoris), which has a similar cuckoo-like habit, and which is most closely allied in every ...
— A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World - The Voyage Of The Beagle • Charles Darwin |
