88 WOOD NOTES WILD. 
that set me on the alert; it was the voice of a cuckoo, but 
not the cuckoo’s song : — 
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At first thought, it was some bird that had practised 
under a cuckoo master. It was an anxious moment, but 
presently all was settled : — 
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Cuck - 00, 
2 
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Cuck - 00, cuck - 00, cuck - 00. 
The instant I heard “cuckoo,” more especially the 
second one, giving the interval of a fourth, I experienced 
a thrill of satisfaction such as no similar discovery had 
afforded. Other ears, sharper than mine, had heard all, 
unknown to me; and there was great rejoicing, — the 
cuckoo was learning to sing. 
