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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



birds have another note, a soft " Cule, cule," and another 

 note indicating- anger. The flight of the Cuckoo is 

 straightforward and steady ; it is a bold, fierce bird, very 

 restless in confinement, where it soon breaks and disfigures 

 the feathers of the tail and wings. Its food, when young, 

 varies and depends entirely upon the diet of its foster- 

 parents, all of which are partly insectivorous ; but the 

 adult birds feed upon flies, beetles, grasshoppers, snails, 

 and caterpillars, exhibiting a strong partiality for the last* 

 named. 



