THIRD SEASON (1920): PRELIMINARY 43 
Second Nest (5). 
Friday , May 21, noon. — Found by O. R. Owen with 
three eggs. 
Saturday , May 22, 9 a.m. — Nest still contained only 
three eggs of fosterer with addition of the Cuckoo A’s fifth 
egg- 
Monday , May 24. — Restarted this pair, the fosterer 
having laid her fifth egg yesterday. 
Third Nest (5). 
Saturday, May 29, 7 p.m. — Found by Simmonds ready 
for eggs. 
Sunday , May 30. — First egg laid. 
Thursday , June 3. — Fosterer laid her fifth egg and I 
removed one of them. 
Saturday, June 5, 8 p.m. — Fosterer was sitting satis- 
factorily on the four eggs. 
Sunday, June 6. — Both at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. there were 
only three eggs in the nest, cold, and the fosterer not sitting. 
At 3.42 p.m. Cuckoo A flew down to the nest and back to 
the centre orchard ; at 3.45 p.m. she again flew down to the 
nest and remained for ten minutes, depositing her thirteenth 
egg and removing one of the three remaining Pipit’s eggs. 
On this date I concluded that the Cuckoo had removed the 
missing egg between 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday, 
but owing to a similar occurrence with this individual 
fosterer in connection with the laying of Cuckoo A’s twenty- 
first egg, I am now of the opinion that the Pipit herself 
may have removed the missing egg, at the same time 
deserting the nest owing to too much attention on the part 
of the Cuckoo. 
Fourth Nest (2). 
Wednesday, June 16. — At noon Frankie Simmonds found 
this nest containing one egg. At 5.45 p.m. the same day I 
