that of the sweet singing Jeeda, and leaves 

 to these birds the task of hatching and rearing 

 its young ones. Consequently with them the 

 Cuckoo is no favorite. It seems strange 

 that the Cuckoo should not build a nest and 

 hatch her young ones like other birds do; but 

 she wanders about very much, and most likely 

 does not stay long enough in one place to sit 

 upon her eggs, and so she distributes them 

 among other birds. The Cuckoo's note has a 

 mournful plaintive sound. 



