. The birds of our country. CUCKOO. 191 In April come he will, In May he sings all day, In June he changes his tune. In July he begins to fly, In August go he must. This is a trite little summary of the Cuckoo's yearly life among us. He arrives at the beginning of April and leaves in July, the young birds following in The peculiar note " cuc-koo" in June is changed to a stammer, " cuc-cuc-cuc-koo ". In connection with this Gilbert White quotes somej curious old lines written in 1587:— In April the Koo-coo can sing her song by rote, In June of tune she cannot sing a
. The birds of our country. CUCKOO. 191 In April come he will, In May he sings all day, In June he changes his tune. In July he begins to fly, In August go he must. This is a trite little summary of the Cuckoo's yearly life among us. He arrives at the beginning of April and leaves in July, the young birds following in The peculiar note " cuc-koo" in June is changed to a stammer, " cuc-cuc-cuc-koo ". In connection with this Gilbert White quotes somej curious old lines written in 1587:— In April the Koo-coo can sing her song by rote, In June of tune she cannot sing a note ; At first koo-coo, koo-coo, sing still can she do ; At last kooke, kooke, kooke, six kookes to one Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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