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MR. R. LYDEKKER writes to say that his letter to The Times of February 6 in regard to the supposed cuckoo heard by himself at Harpenden on February 4 is based on an exceedingly clever imitation of the bird's note by a bricklayer's labourer working in a new house in the neighbourhood. Mr. Lydekker has interviewed the man, who states that he produces the sound with his lips alone, and that in the season he is able to attract all the cuckoos in his vicinity to the spot where he utters the call.
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Notes . Nature 90, 655–658 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090655a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/090655a0
