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ding the following, at least occasionally, amongst 

 the foster parents of the young Cuckoo : 



House Sparrow. Mealy Redpoll. 



Blue-throated Warbler. Bullfinch. 



Rock Pipit. Jay. 



Chaffinch. Song Thrush. 



Blackbird. Magpie. 



Grasshopper Warbler. 1 Turtle Dove. 



Great Titmouse. Wood Pigeon. 

 Red-throated Pipit. 



He confirms, moreover, Mr. Rowley's remark 

 that the Cuckoo's egg is occasionally found in 

 the nest of the Brambling (Fringilla montifrin- 

 gilld). 



I have still to name four species which are 

 not included in any of the above lists, viz., the 

 Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, Grey 

 Wagtail, and Wheatear. They were noticed by 

 me some years ago in the first worlc I ever 

 published. 2 In the case of the Wheatear, a nest 

 of that bird containing three eggs of the Wheat- 

 ear and one of the Cuckoo was placed under a 



1 This species, however, is included in Dr. Thienemann's 

 list above given. 



2 "The Birds of Middlesex," 1866, p. 120. 



