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1. The Birds that Are Still in this Part of the Country (continued)

   

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   The cuckoo is a bird about the same size as the crow. Like the swallow she goes away in September and does not come back until June. She is a very lazy bird. She builds no nest she lays an egg in another birds nest generally in a raveóg's. When the other birds come out she puts them out of the nest and keeps the whole nest for herself. She sings in a very high tree. In the Summer people like to hear her singing. She sings her own name.

   The corncrake is about the same size as the cuckoo. She is a grey colour with a long beak. In the meadow she sings and she also builds her nest when the farmer's

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Anne Mac Morrow

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim