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THE CUCKOO. 



{Cuculus canorus.) 



ROM numerous observations made by 

 competent naturalists in different localities, 

 it appears that the usual time of arrival of the 

 Cuckoo in this country is between the 20th and 

 2 7th of April, and the average date of its appear- 

 ance may be said to be the 23rd of that month, 

 St. George's Day. In no instance, so far as I 

 am aware, has the bird been heard or seen 

 before the 6th of April. On that date in 1872 



