xxm LETTERS TO MARCO 155 



round the hat for subscriptions to buy a new 

 one. 



The cuckoo, which has been singing in- 

 cessantly for the last eight weeks, has begun 

 that absurd alteration in his notes which 

 is a peculiarity of the bird ; he no longer says 

 cuckoo, but cuck-cuckoo and cuckoo-cuck. 



Farewell, dear Marco. I shall be at 

 South Kensington on the 2nd and 3rd, but 

 am afraid those are not the days you will be 

 there. G. D. L. 



