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one Cuckoo. But even at this date little did we 
foresee the measure of success that would crown 
our efforts, or the fund of information that was to 
be revealed. 
Quite satisfied now that the Cuckoo would only 
lay on alternate days we gave the common a rest 
on June 1. 
The Laying of the Eleventh Egg , June 2. 
Having on so many occasions just missed seeing 
the Cuckoo actually deposit her egg, I was to-day 
more than ever determined to do everything 
possible in order to achieve my desire. Accom- 
panied by a friend, Mrs. Brown, who is the fortunate 
possessor of an exceptional degree of patience. 
I reached the scene of operations at 10.30 a.m. 
All the indications pointed to the Cuckoo using 
nest 9 3 , from the vicinity of which she had been 
seen to fly on the morning of May 30. The 
Meadow Pipit should by now have laid her fourth 
egg, and we found that she had performed her duty 
according to schedule. 
To guard against a further disappointment we 
placed Simmonds, junr., in a spot where he could 
command the likely sites of other nests. Mrs. 
Brown and I took up a position where we could 
