OUR COMMON CUCKOO 



AND OTHER CUCKOOS AND 

 PARASITICAL BIRDS 



AN ATTEMPT TO REACH A TRUE THEORY OF THEM BY 

 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HABIT AND FUNCTION 



WITH A THOROUGH 



CRITICISM AND EXPOSURE OF DARWIN'S VIEWS 



AND ROMANES'S VIEWS 



AND THOSE OF THEIR FOLLOWERS. 



ALEXANDER HJ^APP, LL.D., F.R.S.E. 



AUTHOR OF "HOURS IN MY GARDEN;" 



" THOREAU : HIS LIFE AND AIMS;" "ANIMAL ANECDOTES 



ARRANGED ON A NEW PRINCIPLE ; " '' ANIMAL TRAITS ; " ETC. 



WITH VARIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS 



ILonlian 

 THOMAS BURLEIGH 



1899 



