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she would make short flights, when those nearest 
to her would drive her back again ; she appeared 
to be exhausted by her vain search in the long 
heather. Thereupon two dummy nests were put 
down in open places near the nest she was looking 
for, but she always just missed finding them. This 
went on until 8.10, when the Cuckoo flew away 
and we thought that she had gone for good. But 
at 8.20 she was back again. At 8.30 she flew into 
some shortish heather, close to a well-concealed 
Meadow Pipit’s nest. P. B. Smyth put down the 
same dummy nest he had so successfully used for 
“ Mary Pickford.” At 8.47 the Cuckoo was back 
and close to the dummy nest. Three minutes 
later she found it, rushed at it, sat upon it for about 
five seconds, and then flew rapidly away from right 
off the nest. At last she had laid her egg, and taken 
away one of the two that were in the nest. Some 
Cuckoos find nests far more easily than others, and 
Cuckoo L was the greatest duffer that we have yet 
met. Several other Cuckoos joined in from time 
to time during the manoeuvres, the agitation of 
Cuckoo L evidently being the attraction. 
On May 23 “ Mary Pickford ” laid her third 
egg, and as Hawkins had the best view I give his 
account of the day’s operations. 
