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rally. Mr. Barrow, wlien in the northern part of Norway, 

 heard the Cuckoo near Roraas, at an elevation of three thou- 

 sand feet above the level of the sea ; and Linnaeus, in the 

 account of his Tour in Lapland, mentions having heard the 

 Cuckoo there as early as the 13th of May, and as late as the 

 10th of July. This bird is found in Siberia, and over great 

 part of Asia. The Zoological Society have received speci- 

 mens from the Himalaya Mountains, which are precisely 

 similar to our British bird, and quite distinct from the Ciicu- 

 lus micropterus of Mr. John Gould from the same locality, 

 which, though very like our bird in size and colour, is at 

 once distinguished from it by its larger beak, shorter wings, 

 — whence its name, — and its smaller feet. A collection of 

 birds, formed by Major James Franklin, F.R.S. on the banks 

 of the Ganges, and in the mountain chain of Upper Hin- 

 doostan, exhibited at the Zoological Society in August 1831, 

 includes specimens of which it is stated in the Proceedings of 

 the Society for that year, page 121, " This bird, on com- 

 parison with the Common Cuckoo, differs so little that it 

 can scarcely be called a variety ; it is the Common Cuckoo of 

 India, and its habits and note resemble those of the Euro- 

 pean bird.'"' Colonel Sykes also includes it in his Catalogue 

 of the Birds of the Dukhun, but says it is rare. M. Tem- 

 minck says it is found in Japan ; Dr. Horsfield includes it 

 in his Catalogue of the Birds of Java ; and Pennant, in his 

 Arctic Zoology, says it goes as far east as Kamptschatka. 

 This bird, as might be expected, visits the whole of the Eu- 

 ropean continent, remaining in Italy from April to Septem- 

 ber ; it visits also the Morea and the Grecian Archipelago, 

 from whence it goes to Africa with the Turtle-dove, and is 

 called by a name that signifies Turtle Leader. Mr. Strick- 

 land saw the Cuckoo at Smyrna in April, and the Zoological 

 Society have received specimens, sent by Messrs. Dickson 

 and Ross, from Erzerum. According to M. Temminck, the 



