THE CUCKOO. 



THE Cuckoo, next to the Swallow, is perhaps the 

 most well-known bird in name our country harbours in 

 the summer months. I say ' in name,' because but few 

 except those learned in bird lore can discriminate the 

 Cuckoo save from his notes ; but let the bird utter them, 

 and everyone knows at once it is the Cuckoo. For does 

 he not proclaim his presence by calling forth his own 

 name, which is wafted in all directions by the refreshing 

 breezes of spring, and making mistake impossible ? 

 Then, again, the strange manner in which the Cuckoo 



