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IN BIRD-LAND 



from that on to the tall cow-parsnips that were 

 growing thickly round, uttering every few seconds 

 a short whistle tu-i y tu-i. Once she seemed in- 

 clined to re- 

 commence 

 sitting, and 

 entered the 

 nest ; but a 

 Cuckoo fly- 

 i n g just 

 overhead 

 caused her 

 to hesitate, 

 for she im- 

 mediately 

 flew after 

 this sup- 

 posed ene- 

 my, and 

 settled on 

 the top of 

 a high tree 

 . not far off. 



The Cuckoo cried cook-hoo-hoo-oo, and then 

 finished up with a kind of laugh, ynff-uff-uff ; 

 to which the Willow-Wren answered with a few 

 defiant notes and flew on to the next tree, where 



WILLOW-\VREN SITTING. 



