Show AND SELFISH 13 BIRD filD immoral life ilfe I and EvIo eviction tion of its foots and atlow Nest nestling lings A popular fallacy tells tella its that a cuckoo lays ega in another birds birda nest she bho does docs not sho she lays eight eggs ou on tho the ground tho the eggs tire in 07 RO 0 color spots stud nud shapo in accor accordance danco with willi tile tho information obtained may bay in leigh woods butof oat of thoc tho eight ight eggs egg silve alvo or fix would closely tho fedgo Is tho othor other two might bo be those of ct n titlark a wren or a linnol her malo friends about three or tour four to each lady la dynow agy conio como forward sp EO loot each rut an egg and carry it in its mouth month to tho tha nest of tho prearranged foster mother only ono cuckoo egg is ia placed in ono one nest if ho finds a cuckoo lias has pro preceded celea him on tho samo errand ho another cradle knowing 1 in a moment arnil oil all the ogg eggs present the cuckoo tho the deluded mother liate hatches lies tho the intruder with glicr ter own brood and iho interloper ter loper having tho faculty of being hatol leI booner than tho the others is of course tile tho first to como come butof out of his hia shall choll ho he manages to wriggle underneath ills his brothers broth cra and sisters and presents them as n i beavo offering to tho the expectant rodents mice rats stoats and what not and within 13 12 hours of his existence is the su pronia occupier of tho biest iio a keeps ills his black mouth wido open continually which tho father and mother of tho departed chickens as constantly fill 1111 until ills his body is too big for his homo home and he bo departs for over ever T diio lie mackoo cuckoo leaves tho the latt lat week of july ila ho is ia a restless being like tile tho soul of john brown always marching on after leaving europe bo a begins in tho the north of africa and ends ot at tho capo cape of good hope ghenco lio lie returns to europe in the spring why does ho he go away and why como coma back food tho food ho loves tho hairy caterpillar r ila ho will oat other grubs but those aro arc his bis hourly broad bread it has bas been estimated in round numbers that out of every halry hairy caterpillars that wriggly into lifo 00 09 are do devoured by cuckoos everywhere nature is careful to maintain her balance tho the cuckoo keeps down the millions of billions of halry hairy caterpillars and preserves our from being eaten caten up by hedge sparrows tho the cuckoo is a born bom conservative and ns na long as lie ho lives ro re turns annually to tho the neighborhood of his bis birth besteni england press |