102 ON THE SUPPOSED CAPABILITY OF THE 
and to these I am enabled to add another by the 
kindness of Mrs. Warner of Crumpsall Green, near 
Manchester. ‘This lady procured a nestling Cuckoo 
on the 12th of July, 1842, and by skilful manage- 
ment and constant attention succeeded in keeping 
it in excellent health till July 1843, when it died 
of inflammation caused by the negligence of the 
servant who had the care of it, Mrs. Warner being 
absent at the time on a visit to her sister who re- 
sided at a distance. In the second week of Au- 
gust the young bird began to exhibit symptoms of 
restlessness, which increased to such a degree that 
it was found requisite to keep it in darkness, lest the 
violent efforts it made to effect an escape from 
captivity should occasion its destruction. This ex- 
treme agitation, which continued with short intervals 
of repose through the day and night, began to 
subside towards the end of the month, and ceased 
altogether about the middle of September, having 
been limited to the night for a short period ante- 
cedent to the last date. The act of moulting, 
which commenced in February, proceeded with 
extreme slowness, and was never completed, though 
the bird was provided with nourishing food in 
abundance, and the temperature of the room in which 
it was kept was not suffered to fall below 50° Fahren- 
heit. Though this degree of temperature is much 
lower than that of the period at which young Cuckoos 
cease to appear in Britain, yet the subject of this 
