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IN NATURE'S WAYS 



upon a cuckoo's egg has the opportunity of finding out 

 new points in its story. 



One debatable question about cuckoos is, How many 

 eggs do they lay in a season ? Five may be about the 

 right answer. And why do other birds mob cuckoos ? 



and leaves it to its foster-parents to hatch and bring up 



We have seen even a gentle turtle-dove angrily pur- 

 suing a cuckoo, though neither could have had any- 

 thing to fear from the other. 



As well as the cry, " cuckoo," there comes from 

 cuckoo throats a long-drawn, melodious call, something 

 like a green woodpecker's, with a sound as of gurgling 

 water in it ; it is as if the bird were trying to call 

 cuckoo while carrying an egg in its beak. 



