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Cuckoo, and probably the reason for this is that 

 the latter bird is often very plentiful on the moors, 

 and the Heather Lintie is the most common of 

 the small moorland-nesting birds. It has been 

 proved that the Cuckoo does not invariably 



MEADOW PIPIT'S NEST WITH CUCKOO'S EGG. 



lay her egg in the nest of her victim, as in one 

 instance a Meadow Pipit's nest was found under 

 a rock in such a position that a cuckoo could not 

 possibly have got in to lay her egg, but must have 

 deposited it outside and then placed it inside with 

 her bill. Probably this is more often the case 

 than is generally supposed, as Cuckoos have been 



