38 Nesting Habits of Cuckoo. 
7.—NotTeEs on A CoLLecTION oF Nests oF BritisH Birps, 
WHICH HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE COMMON 
Cuckoo (CucuLus CANoRUS) FOR THE DEPOSIT OF 
ITs Eacs. 
Exhibited by Puitrp Crow ey, Esq. 
[Read April 16th, 1879.] 
This remarkable and interesting collection was exhibited at 
our last meeting, but as Mr. Crowley did not announce before- 
hand that he intended to exhibit it, it was not done full justice 
to. At my suggestion, he has brought the collection again for 
inspection by the members of the Club, and as in the interval 
which has elapsed since the last meeting, Mr. Crowley has 
very kindly given me the opportunity of more carefully 
examining the nests and the eggs, I am enabled to lay before 
you the following particulars as to them. 
The collection is made up of 47 nests, belonging to 15, 
different species, viz. :— 
Red Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)... 
Spotted Flycatcher (Musicapa grisola) 
Hedge Sparrow (Accentor modularis) 
Redbreast (Erithacus rubecula) ... ... ... 
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus streperus) ... ... «.. 
Dartford Warbler (Melizophilus undatus)... ...  «.. 
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) =... ss. ase wee we 
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla lugubris) ... .. . 
Yellow Wagtail (M. raii) on. wee ae 
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)... 
Meadow Pipit (A. pratensis) 
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) ... ... 
Yellow Bunting (Emberiza citrinella) 
Greenfinch (Ligurinus chloris) ... «2. s+. eee ee 
Linnet (Linaria cannabina) ... 
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In addition to these, Mr. Crowley has also brought several 
Cuckoo’s eggs, which are not with the nests in which they 
were found. The 47 nests above mentioned all contain eggs. 
of the Cuckoo, except in one instance, one of the nests of the 
tree pipit, which contains a young bird. This last mentioned 
nest is the only one which was found by Mr. Crowley himself. 
All the others were procured by various persons whom he 
employed to collect eggs for him, and who resided chiefly in 
the neighbourhood of Frensham, which is in the extreme 
western part of the county of Surrey ; but the names of the 
persons who sent the various nests, and the dates when they 
