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NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Young Cuckoo. — I have to-day (July lo) seen a young cuckoo being fed 
by a “dishwasher” — it is fairly strong on the wing. Are they staying late this 
sunny summer, or is this a solitary specimen? (Juery — will it live to join its 
parents in warmer climes ? 
Liphook. G. Warren. 
Cat and Water. — A friend of mine has a young cal who is very fond of 
water, putting its paws into it, and, should it be running water, trying to catch 
it. Any one wishing to bring the cat to a particular room has only to let it hear 
the sound of water and it will immediately come. It is a great pet, and accus- 
tomed always to attend afternoon tea in the drawing room ; but should it wish 
to come up stairs at any other time, it slips up quite quietly, that a little bell it 
wears round its neck may not be heard, and then scratches at the door ; but at 
lea time it rushes up ringing its bell loudly. It is a beautifully-marked little cat, 
grey, with black rings round its body, legs and tail, and small ears. It bears 
the name of “ Rob Roy.” 
C. E. Gordon. 
Squirrel and Eggs. — While walking in a copse in Surrey in the month of 
May, my attention was drawn to a certain clump of elder bushes from which 
loud cries were proceeding. Thinking that the birds were resenting my intrusion, 
I crept closer, when within a few feet of them I espied a squirrel sitting on a 
branch, near which was a nest. The animal had an egg between its fore-paws 
which it was sucking. On seeing me it scampered off, much lo the relief of the 
birds. I found another broken egg on the ground and there were two in the 
nest, which I took thinking they might likewise fall a prey to the squirrel. They 
were the eggs of the garden warbler. I was gratified to find the nest a fortnight 
later in a more secure spot and the eggs were hard sat, so I trust that the parent 
birds were enabled to rear their brood in safety. 
Fylton Rectory, Bristol. A. C. Mackie 
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