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CUCKOO. 



COMMON CUCKOO. GOWK. 



COG, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. 



Cuculus canorus, LINNAEUS. MONTAGU. 



" hepaticus, LATHAM. 



" canorus rufus, GMELIN. LATHAM. 



Cuculus A term of reproach. Canorus Musical. 



'A HORSE, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!' cried Richard 

 at Bosworth field; and much would the author of the 'History 

 of British Birds,' give for more discursive opportunities when 

 he has arrived at so wide a field as the mysterious Cuckoo 

 opens out. 



Pleasant is every thought associated with the 'Cuckoo's 

 time o' coming:' two opinions there will not be about this. 



The Common Cuckoo is found throughout the whole of the 

 European continent in the north, in Denmark, Sweden, 

 Norway, Lapland, and Siberia; and in the south, in Greece 

 and its Archipelago, and Italy. In Asia, it is found in Japan, 

 Java, Kamtschatka, Asia Minor, India, and many other parts. 

 In Africa also, in Egypt, and, according to Temminck, in 

 the south of that continent. 



In our own country it occurs in every county of England, 

 Ireland, Wales, and Scotland; and in the Orkney Islands the 

 Cuckoo is frequently heard. A few breed every season in 

 retired parts of Hoy and Waas: two were killed in Sanday, 

 by Mr. Strang, in September, 1827. 



A Cuckoo in the plumage of the first year was killed at 

 Letton, in Norfolk, on the 5th. of May, as recorded by John 



