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COUNTRY RAMBLES. 



5th. Bright; again 90 degrees in the sun. Good deal of change- 

 able winds. Some Primroses out in flower in the garden. More rain. 



The Cuckoo has been known to place its egg in the nests of 

 over 100 species of birds, and at a meeting of the British Ornith 

 ologists Club held on March 18, 1896, an exhibition of Cuckoos' 

 eggs and those of the foster parents was held, and the following list, 

 prepared by Mr. E. Bidwell, was laid before the meeting: 



List of Western Palaearctic species in the nests of which the 

 Cuckoo's egg has been found : Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Field 

 fare, Blackbird, Ring Ouzel, Rock Thrush, Wheatear, Isabelline 

 Wheatear, Black-throated Wheatear, Eastern Black-throated Chat, 

 Eared Wheatear, Eastern Pied Wheatear, Whinchat, Stonechat 



LEADING HIS FLOCK. 



White-tailed Stonechat, Redstart, Black Redstart, Blue-throat, White- 

 spotted Bluethroat, Redbreast, Nightingale, Thrush-Nightingale, White- 

 throat, Lesser Whitethroat, Black-headed Warbler, Orphean Warbler, 

 Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, 

 Barred Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Golden-crested Wren, Fire-crested 

 Wren, Chiff Chaff, Willow Wren, Bonelli's Warbler, Wood Wren. 

 Grey-tailed Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Booted 

 Warbler, Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, 



