Cuckoo. 



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Cuckoo' (Guculus glandarius), which. I met with in some numbers 

 in Egypt, and which lays its eggs singly in the nests of other 

 birds, generally of the hooded crow or the blue magpie, to whose 

 eggs they bear a close resemblance, both in ground colour and in 

 markings. Thus there is precedent and analogy to support our 

 Common Cuckoo in pursuing a like habit. 



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