VOL. xiii] OBSERVATIONS ON THE CUCKOO. 95 



Date 



Cuckoos' eggs 



found 



and taken. 



Nest then con- 

 tained 

 C = Cuckoo's egg. 

 P =Meado\v-Pipit's 



egg- 



II June 2ist I C. & 2 P. 



Incubation. 



Fresh 



12 Jane 2ist 



Young Cuckoo About five 

 days' old 



13 June 22nd I C. & 2 P. 



14 June 22nd 



15 June 22nd 



16 June 23rd 



17 June 2Sth 



rS July 5th 

 19 July 5th 



I C. & 4 P. 

 I C. & 4 P. 

 I C. and 

 fragments 



Fresh 



One day 

 Four days 

 Not incubated 



Young Cuckoo About two 

 days' old 



I C. & 4 P. 

 I C. & 4 P. 



Ten days 

 Three days 



20 July 5th I C. & 3 P. Four days 



Remarks. 



Nest found build- 

 ing on 17th ; 

 eventually took 

 three Pipit's 

 eggs from nest. 



Two young Pipits 

 lay on edge of 

 nest, only dead 

 a few hours. 

 Ringed Cuckoo 

 June 29th 



Nest appeared 

 deserted when 

 found ; no eggs 

 subsequently 

 laid 



Cuckoo's egg stuck 

 fast to nest con- 

 taining frag- 

 ments of Pipit's 

 eggs ; probabl}- 

 deserted 7-14 

 days 



Nest containing 

 one Pipit's egg 

 chipping ; three 

 dead young 



Pipits' outside 

 nest 



Nest found build- 

 ing ; on June 

 29th it con- 

 tained two eggs 

 and I saw a 

 Cuckoo fly from 

 nest at 8 p.m.; 

 at 9.30 next 

 morning nest 

 contained three 

 Pipit's eggs only 



Note. — Nos. i to 18, Same Cuckco. Nos. 19 to 20, Other Cuckoo. 



