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THERE are many kinds of cuckoos in the Old World with so-called parasitic habits, which are more or less catholic in their choice of fosterers. One female, however, in normal circumstances places all its eggs in the care of a single species of host, and as a rule its eggs show a higher or lower degree of resemblance to those of that species.
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WYNNE-EDWARDS, V. Inheritance of Egg-Colour in the Parasitic Cuckoos. Nature 132, 822 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132822a0
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