68. THE NATURAL HISTORY 
neft they were hatched for fupport, much longer 
than her own young ones: would have looked fo, 
affiftance from her. 
There feems to be no fixed time for the depar. 
ture of the young Cuckoos: they probably go ag 
foon as they are able to take care of themfelves, 
They become nearly equal in fize and growth of 
plumage ta the old Cuckoos; yet never acquire 
the well-known note during their ftay in this 
country. 
Cuckoos feem to have an averfion to water, 
and are feldom, if ever, feen to drink. 
‘There are many kinds of Cuckoos, and they 
live in different parts of the world; but the Cu. 
culus Indicator of Africa, is perhaps one of the 
moft wonderful. In the morning and evening 
his fhril! cry, chir, chir, is frequently heard, 
He feems to call thofe who are feeking for honey 
in the wood. They anfwer his call, and come 
nearer to him, as foon as he fees them he fies a 
little way before, and at laft alights upon the hol- 
low tree, in which the bees have made their hive, 
If the hunters do not immediately reach the tree 
he returns to meet them, redoubles his cries, goes 
back again to the tree, and perches upon it. He 
feems to do every thing in his power to poiht out 
to them the treafure he has found. Perhaps with- 
out the help of man, he might not be able to pro- 
cure 
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