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which she would use from which to glide to a nest 
on No. 6 territory. To anticipate, she used a 
No. 6 nest five days later for her first egg. 
On the morrow I spent much of the afternoon 
on the common on the off-chance of the Cuckoo 
contemplating starting to lay, but saw nothing of 
interest beyond a female Cuckoo being chased by 
two males. 
On May 9 I passed most of the day elsewhere, 
but was on the common in the late afternoon. 
Going by the centre orchard I looked back from 
No. 4 territory and caught sight of a Cuckoo gliding 
from the orchard in the direction of No. 6 or 7 
territory, the undulations of the common obscuring 
her exact destination. I ran over the brow but 
saw nothing, so I concluded, and there and then 
prophesied, that she was visiting No. 7 nest (with 
two eggs) preparatory to laying either on the nth, 
1 2th, or 13th, and of these three dates I stated that 
I fancied the 12th for her first egg. The Cuckoo 
did in fact lay on the 12th, but in a nest of No. 6 pair. 
From 2 p.m. until 5.45 Simmonds and I were 
on the common on Wednesday, May 11. For 
most of the time we were looking out for and 
watching the female Cuckoo. At 3.55 she flew 
from the east side to the centre orchard and took 
