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young of the Cuckow have generally been 
found. We have now to illustrate the 
history of the bird after its exclusion from 
the shell. As the growth of the young 
bird is rapid, and the size of the nest very 
small; there would not in a short time be 
sufficient room for itself and the young of 
the foster parent; neither could the old 
birds provide sufficient food for the whole 
family. Providence, whose ways are in- 
scrutable to us short sighted mortals, has 
endowed the Cuckow with so peculiar an 
Instinct, that, were it not authenticated 
by undoubted authority, must stagger 
belief. But that Almighty Being, who 
alone can give animation, can most assur- 
edly endow 7 it with what powers and pro- 
perties seems best to his unerring wisdom, 
for its preservation. The author in the 
work referred to above, assures us (and it 
has been authenticated by Montagu and 
others) that the young Cuckow, soon after 
it quits the shell occupies itself not only in 
removing its companions from the nest, 
but also such eggs as may happen to be 
addled, or that are not hatched at the same 
