April, 1922 
hi set to “ The Cuckoo's Secret 
THE AUTHOR TO THE READER 
The phenomenal success of my film of “The Cuckoo’s 
Secret” encourages me to make an appeal to readers of this 
book for assistance in prosecuting my investigations into 
the habits of the Cuckoo. Having established the methods 
she employs in victimising Meadow Pipits, I wish to 
proceed to study her relations with the Reed Warbler, 
which is probably the only other British foster-bird of the 
Cuckoo whose nesting-habits can be so controlled as to 
render observation and photographic record possible. 
The difficulty is to find a suitable site for operations. 
What is required is a reed-bed, where not less than six 
nor more than a dozen pairs of Reed Warblers are 
accustomed to nest, and which is known to be frequented 
by a Cuckoo. It must be isolated from any other suitable 
breeding-ground for Reed Warblers by a distance of not 
less than a mile — preferably two or three miles — and 
should be within fairly easy access of London. 
May I ask any reader of this book, who can give me 
any information of such a site, to communicate with me, 
giving full particulars ? 
EDGAR CHANCE, 
9 Hay Hill, 
Berkeley Square, 
London, W. i 
Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 
