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STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



THE CUCKOO. 



The order of climbers includes some birds that can hardly be said to climb,, 

 though they Hve much among the branches of trees. 



There is a large grey bird that comes to us in spring, just when the 

 leaves are budding, and the meadows are beginning to be covered with 

 flowers. When we hear his well-known note we know that summer is near. 

 His song has no great variety in it. It is but a repetition of the well-known 

 word, " cuckoo ! cuckoo ! " but perhaps no other note gives us more pleasure,. 



