FOSTERERS OF THE CUCKOO 203 
through the gamut of emotions displayed by the 
Meadow Pipit dupes I have described in earlier 
pages. It will be remembered that some pairs 
actually seemed to court the attentions of the 
Cuckoo, whilst others attacked her with as much 
violence as they were capable of showing. Never- 
theless it can be taken as certain that the usual 
dupes of the Cuckoo are amongst those species 
which as a whole show the most complacency, and 
will usually — the Hedge-sparrow for example — 
“ sit on anything/' 
