FOURTH SEASON (1921): RECORD 117 
By this time the two Simmondses had arrived, 
and at 1.40 Simmonds, senr., got into a hide on 
No. 6 territory. Five minutes later Simmonds, 
junr., and I went nearer to the east orchard and 
eventually located the Cuckoo sitting in a pear 
tree (G 3 ) — her favourite tree (G) of last year had 
been felled during the winter. At 2.10 she floated, 
accompanied by two Pipits. My heart thumped 
as she almost alighted, before gliding on into the 
centre orchard, whence, after a momentary stay, 
she returned to the east orchard, attended now by 
three Meadow Pipits. Again she floated across 
to the same spot, just alighting and hopping about, 
then round and back at 2.20 to the east orchard. 
For the third time at 2.25 she floated from the 
pear tree (G 3 ) in the east orchard, and on this 
occasion settled for four minutes near the same 
spot as before, hopping about and being clearly 
visible through glasses. Rising, she flew to the 
centre orchard, and thence flapped slowly back to 
the east orchard ; whereupon I went across to hunt 
where she had alighted, and soon found a Meadow 
Pipit’s nest with four eggs. This was the second 
nest of No. 6 pair, nearly a hundred yards away 
from the first. 
From 2.30 to 3.45 she sat motionless in the 
