Referring to the young cuckoo's manner of ejecting the eggs of its foster-parents, and the reason for this apparently cruel action, the editor refers our readers to Mr. W. H. Hudson's interesting chapter in Idle Days in Hampshire.
[1] Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. x. cap. ix.
[2] Mr. Wells Bladen, of Stone, wrote an interesting brochure on this point.—J. A. O.
[3] Familiar History of Birds.
[4] Earlier.
[5] Unskilful.
FAMILY STRIGIDÆ
Sub-Family STRIGINÆ
THE BARN OWL
STRIX FLAMMEA