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Some remarkable and beautiful Cuckoos are found in Africa 

 and the island of Madagascar. The Great Spotted cuckoo of the 

 former country is a very famous bird of this family. Their eggs 

 so closely resemble those of one of the Pies, in the nest of which 

 they are often deposited, that even, as Newton remarks, expert 

 oologists have been deceived by them, and not discovered which 

 was which until in opening the egg and finding either the embryo 

 Pie or the embryo Cuckoo. 



