DRAWING-LESSON.
VOL. XXIX.—NO. 4.

THE BIRD WHO HAS NO NEST.

HIS is the cuckoo. She and her mate have no home of their own; but that does not seem to trouble them. They peep here and there among the leaves, until they find the nest of some other bird,—a lark, perhaps, or a thrush, or a yellow-hammer; and, if the owner of the nest is away, Mrs. Cuckoo leaves within it a small egg.