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THE CUCKOO. 



Cnculus canoriis, h. 



Cuckoos arrived along the whole of the south coast, but 

 first and chiefly on the western half. 



Single birds were reported in Devonshire on the 26th o£ 

 March and in Dorsetshire on the 28th, while stragglers 

 occurred during the first ten days of April chiefly in the 

 southern counties, with the exception of one seen in York- 

 shire on the 2nd. A small immigration arrived along the 

 whole of the south coast between the 10th and 14th, which 

 quickly scattered over the southern half of the kingdom, 

 stragglers reaching Lancashire and Westmoreland on the 

 17th, and the Clyde area on the following day. 



A second immigration, of rather greater magnitude, landed 

 between the 18th and 22nd at different points along the 

 whole of the south coast and caused a general and im- 

 mediate increase throughout the country. 



Two more large immigrations followed, one on the western 

 half of the south coast between the 25th and 30th of April, 

 and the other along the whole of the south coast between 

 the 2nd and 6th of May; the progress of these birds through 

 the country is clearly indicated by the records, and they seem 

 without much doubt to have included the main portion of 

 the Cuckoos visiting our northern counties and Scotland. 

 Further small immigrations seem to have occurred on the 

 9th, 10th, 13th and 18th of May, but their progress through 

 the country and their destinations could hardly be traced, 

 though movements seem to have been in progress up to 

 the 20th. 



The only lighthouse record was of a single bird killed 



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