CUCULUS CANORUS. 201 



CUCULUS CANORUS, Linnajus. 

 CUCKOW. 



§ 708. One.— Eton, not later than 1843. 



Bought by my brother Charles of the old dormouse-woman who 

 sits under the archway at Eton^ — an honest person. She said it was 

 found in a Hedge- Sparrow^s nest. 



§ 709. O/w.—From Mr. Hewitson, through Mr. Wilmot, 1846. 



[Hewitson, ' Eggs of British Birds/ ed. 2, pi. Iv. fig. 1.] 

 This appears to be the one Mr. Hewitson figured. 



§ 710. 0;^^.— From Mr. A. D. Bartlett, 1847. 



This was taken by Mr. Bartlett from a Robin's nest in so small a 

 hole that he thought the Cuckow must have " backed in''' to lay it. 

 When he first looked into the nest he thought it was a Nightingale's 

 egg. It was scarcely sat upon^ though the Robin's eggs were nearly 

 ready to hatch. One of them I have. 



[Mr. WoUey lias a note on tbis egg in ' The Zoologist ' for 1847 (p. 1774).] 



§ 711. One.— From Mr. Malan's Collection, through Mr. 

 A. D. Bartlett, 1847. 



Mr. Malan, of Broadwindsor, in a letter dated 8 July^ 1848, says 

 to me : — " The egg of the Cuculus canorus you have of mine was a 

 very fine specimen. It was found in June 1846, in the nest of a 

 Whitethroat. I have a number of Cuckoos' eggs found about here 

 during the last three years. Tliey are of the grey and of the brown 

 variety. The grey variety Avas always found in the nest of Motacilla 

 yarrelU, the brown variety in the nest of Sylvia curruca, AntJius 

 pratensis, &c." 



§ 712. One.— From Mr. Sadd, 1850. 



I bought this of Mr. Sadd on the King's Parade at Cambridge, on 

 the occasion of my taking my degree of M.A., 2 July, 1850. 



