THE CUCKOO. 



{Cuculus canorus.) 



I "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 



