CHAPTER IX, 



THE CUCKOOS. 



CUCKOO is properly the name of a particular migra- 

 t ory bi rd, 

 which spends 

 the spring 

 and summer 

 in Europe 

 and the win- 

 ter in warmer 

 latitudes 

 (India, for 

 example), 

 and is noto- 

 r i o u s for 

 shirking its 

 parental res- 

 ponsibilities 

 and foisting 

 its offspring 

 upon other 

 birds to 

 bring up. 

 But the name 

 is applied to Pied Crested Ciickoo. 



a whole group of birds which resemble the European 

 Cuckoo in structure and have the same disreputable 

 habit. There are many species of the family in India, 



