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Ko. 21), never lays anything but white eggs with a few 

 tiny black specks, well adapted to go with the eggs of the 

 various Phylloscopi upon which she is parasitic. 



Space and time have allowed me to do little more than 

 refer to points without being able to marshal facts in support 

 of my arguments. Not one in ten of the matters of interest 

 in regard to Cuckoos has been dealt with, whilst evolution, 

 the greatest of all, has only been touched upon. As a basis 

 of discussion it may suffice, but there will be more food for 

 thought in any one box of the Cuckoos' eggs I hope to 

 exhibit on the 15th prox. than in the whole of the words I 

 have let loose to-night. 



For reference I add a list of the boxes and their contents : — 



Box 1. Cuculus c. canovus with Wagtail. (34.) 



Robin. (35.) 

 Hedge-Sparrow. (41.) 

 Reed- Warbler. (24.) 

 Series of Reed- Warblers, etc. (40.) 

 Pipits and odd Fincbes. (33.) 

 odd Warblers. (31.) 

 odd lot of unusual fosterers. (33.) 

 various. (32.) 

 Cisticola c. cursitans. (72.) 

 Suya khasiana and S, crinigera. 

 (50.) 



12. „ „ „ „ Anthus rufulus rufulus and A. r. 



stridatus. (41.) 



13. ,, „ „ „ Warblers, not usual fosterers. (41.) 



14. „ „ „ ,, Flycatchers and a few others. (39.) 

 ,.15. ,. „ „ „ Shrikes (normal), TimeliidcB (abnor- 

 mal). (42.) 



16. „ „ „ „ TimeliidcB (abnormal). (48.) 



17. „ » » ,, Turdidce (mostly abnormal.) (40.) 

 >, 18. „ „ „ „ series of Pipits, Stoparola melanops, 



and Phylloscopus. (22.) 

 „ 19. ,, „ ,, „ series of Cisticola and Suya. (32.) 



„ 20. „ micropterus „ Trochalopterum lineatum, etc. (13.) 

 „ 21. „ optatus (saturatus) with Phylloscopi, Pnoepya, Suya, etc. 



(18.) 

 „ 22. „ poliocephalus „ fosterers side box. (42.) 



„ 23. Cacomantis m. merulinus „ Suya and Cisticola. (49.) 

 ,; ^4. „ „ „ „ abnormal fosterers. (33.) 



,) 25. „ „ passerinus ,, Prima socialis and others. (41.) 



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