THIRD SEASON (1920): PRELIMINARY 45 
Monday , June 28, 1 p.m. — I visited the nest, no rain 
having fallen that day, and to my great joy found one of the 
substituted Pipit’s eggs removed and Cuckoo A’s twenty- 
first egg lying beside the other three eggs. The nest and 
all four eggs were quite wet, thus corroborating my surmise 
that the nest was deserted. The Cuckoo’s egg was pre- 
sumably, from its appearance, deposited before the rain 
ceased and therefore on Sunday, June 27, after 4.30 p.m. 
No. 6 Pair of Meadow Pipits 
First Nest (4). 
Friday , May 21, 1920. — Found about mid-day by 
O. R. Owen, containing three fresh eggs and the third egg 
of Cuckoo A. We took these and substituted other eggs. 
Saturday , May 22. — The fosterer laid no more eggs, so 
we removed the substitutes and restarted her. 
Second Nest (4). 
Wednesday , May 26, 7 pan. — Having seen one of this 
pair carrying building material in the morning we searched 
till we found the nest in process of construction. 
Saturday , May 29. — The first egg was laid. During the 
afternoon the Cuckoo was seen to fly down to the nest. 
Monday , May 31, 10 a.m. — The nest contained three eggs 
and at 3 .55 p.m. it contained two and the tenth egg of Cuckoo A . 
Wednesday , June 2. — We removed the substituted eggs 
(the Pipit having laid four eggs and incubated them one day) 
and restarted this nest. 
Third Nest (5). 
Sunday , June 6, 3 p.m. — Two local residents, coming to 
report the finding of a Wryneck’s nest with ten eggs, stumbled 
across the third nest with one egg.* 
* The Wryneck’s {lynx torquilla y L.) popular name is 
“ Cuckoo’s mate,” because it arrives about the same time. 
