THIRD SEASON (1920): RECORD 61 
Now it is worthy of comment here that the 
Cuckoo was seen to visit nest 6’ on the afternoon 
of May 29, and fly from the vicinity of nest 9 3 on 
the morning of May 30, and these two nests, as 
subsequent events show, were respectively used by 
the Cuckoo on May 31 and June 2. This is 
mentioned to show that each nest was victimised 
in the order in which it was seen to be visited by 
her, though there is, of course, no proof that she 
had not been to either nest before we observed 
her visits. 
A search for the remainder of the day failed to 
reveal the whereabouts of the Cuckoo’s ninth egg, 
which, despite our disappointment, we felt con- 
vinced had been laid somewhere the previous 
day. 
Owen had to leave on the morning of May 31, 
and I was unable to reach the common before 
4 p.m. Accompanied by another friend I hurried 
to nest 6~ which Owen and I and the Cuckoo had 
so patiently watched on the 29th. In it we were 
rejoiced to find an egg (the 10th) of the Cuckoo 
and two of the fosterer’s where we had left three 
of her eggs that morning. But we were naturally 
disappointed at having once more failed to see the 
egg actually laid. 
