AO BIRDS by 
if ep find de callow neftlings which have 
fallen victims to the young Cuckoo they are 
furnifhed with food well a to their pecu- 
Har flate, * : 
_Cuckoos feed upon infeéts and bic C208 5 but : 
Mever upon birds; indeed, they are fearful, and 
fly from the {mall birds, who continually purfue 
sand teize them} but the bird called the Wry- 
Neck is their chief tormentor, for he is ever fol- 
lowing them, and warning the little birds of their 
eae ee | 
On many plants in the fummer, a. froth j is fre- 
| Yetemly found, which fome people have fancied 
. to.be the Cuckoo’s fpittle, but this is quite a 
‘miftake ; for this froth comes from an infect 
Called - Cicada, and is intended as a fhelter for 
_ .itslarva (or the young Cicadas in their grub fate.) — 
: x Cuckoos moult or fhed their feathers very 
‘Tate; and it is faid they have fometimes been 
be found in the winter, in hollow. trees, without any 
_ feathers, and in appearance much like a toad. 
a Cuckoos, after they are hatched, cannot take 
_ are of themfelves as foon as many little birds, 
and they continue to follow the bird in whofe 
_* The preceding account is gathered from Mr. Jenner’s 
Letter to John Hunter, Efq. inderted 2 in the fel Tran, 
Vol. 78. Part 2. | 
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