NATURE'S Carol Singers. 



THE CUCKOO. 



" Not the whole "warblinK throve in concert heard 

 When sunshine follows shower the breast can thrill 

 * Like the first summons, Cuckoo, 



of thv bill." 



-^U-nrdsnorih. 



^■■H HE soft, far reach- 

 i7l'.'"»?Tl^j^ ing notes of the 

 Cuckoo are loved by 

 young and old alike, 

 because they tell a 

 tale of hope and 

 gladness, of warm 

 sunshine and sweet 

 spring flowers. It 

 has been regarded as 

 " the darhng of the 

 all down the ages since the oldest 

 known Enghsh lyric, in which it figures, 

 was penned : 



•• Sumer is icnmcn in. 

 Loude sin,!;' Cuckoo." 



The Cuckoo is a strange, mysterious 

 bird whose history is not yet fully known 

 in spite of all the careful attention it 



year 



