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THE CUCKOO’S SECRET 
Moreover, it would appear from our experi- 
ences in putting down dummy nests that Cuckoos 
may at times make genuine mistakes ; but it would 
of course be ridiculous to expect a Cuckoo to lay 
in a substituted nest put down anywhere regardless 
of whether the Cuckoo intended to fly thereabouts 
to a nest previously discovered. 
