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THE CUCKOO. 



Cuculus canorus L. 



Eecoeds of the arrival of the Cuckoo in March were received 

 from Sussex on the 27th, from Cornwall on the 29th, 30th 

 and 31st, and from Surrey and Yorkshire on the latter date. 

 It is noteworthy that no further record of the species in 

 Cornwall was received until the 26th of ApriL 



Up to the middle of April the arrival of this S[)ecies was 

 reported in all the southern and more easterly counties, as 

 well as in Shropshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire. 

 On the 19tli a marked immigration evidently took plnce, as 

 an increase was noted in Devon, Sussex and Suffolk, and 

 the numbers in Somerset were largely augmented. 



From that date to the end of April records were received 

 almost daily of the arrival of the Cuckoo in the counties 

 along the south coast, and by the 1st of May the species was 

 distributed over the whole country, having arrived in Cum- 

 berland on the 20th and in Northumberland on the 26th of 

 April. By the end of the first week in May the birds had 

 begun to settle down, but migratory movements continued 

 till the third week, as was shown by the record of arrivals 

 in the south, and by the fluctuating numbers throughout the 

 kingdom, especially marked between the 11 th and 15th of 

 that month. 



No reports of the occurrence of this species were received 

 from any of the light-stations. 



An egg was found in a Robin's nest in Glamorgan on the 

 5th of May, in a Hedge-Sparrow's nest in Wiltshire on the 

 9th, in a Greenfinch's nest in Surrey on the 13th, and in a 

 Cliitfchaif 's nest in Somerset on the l-lth. Eggs were found in 



