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meadow; I reached the bird within twenty yards, and 
observed it in the act of progressing, in a similar 
way to the crawling of a Parrot, by the side of a 
drain, with the substance still in its beak: after 
traversing some distance it stopped short, and at the 
same time J fired. Upon nearing it I found the 
substance before mentioned to be its egg, 1 am sorry 
to say broken, but still quite satisfactory that this 
was the case. I think in all probability this bird was 
searching for a nest, perhaps that of the Meadow 
Pipit, for the depositing of its egg.” All these facts, 
I think, make it sufficiently clear that the Cuckoo 
does not lay but places her egg in the nest of some 
other bird after it has been laid. I have, as well as 
IT am able, made out a list of the various birds in 
whose nests the Cuckoo has been known to place its 
eggs in England; on the Continent the list may be 
considerably increased: for the more unusual ones 
I have given my authority, for the others I have not 
thought it worth while to do so. ‘ 
Blackbird, Yarrell. 
Hedgesparrow. 
Robin. 
Redstart. 
Whitethroat, Yarrell. 
Reed Warbler. Several instances in the ‘ Zoologist’ 
and also Montagu’s Dictionary, by Newman. 
Wood Warbler, ‘ Zoologist’ for 1863. 
Willow Warbler, Yarrell. 
Pied Wagtail, 
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