Abstract
IN this little volume the author gives an account of the observations made by Mr. J. Craig, of Ayrshire, during the summer of 1899, as to the manner in which young cuckoos eject the other occupants of the nest in which they happen to have been hatched. Two of the photographs illustrating the work have appeared previously in the Amateur Photographer of November 28, 1901, in connection with a lecture by Mr. J. P. Millar; and it would perhaps have been better if the author had definitely informed his readers of this fact instead of merely stating that Mr. Craig's “photographs and observations have by this time been heard of throughout the ornithological world.”
The Early Life of the Young Cuckoo.
By W. P. Westell. Pp. 26; illustrated. (London: Burleigh, 1902.) Price 1s. net.
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L., R. The Early Life of the Young Cuckoo . Nature 66, 574–575 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066574b0
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