Then, clearing his throat, he sang: "In the merry blossom time, When love longings food the breast, When the flower is on the lime, When the small fowl builds her nest, Sweetly sings the nightingale And the throstle cock so bold; Cuckoo in the dewy dale

CUCKOO Mr. Jerdan, editor of the Literary Gazette, in a letter to Mr. Loudon, says, "about fifteen years ago I obtained a cuckoo from the nest of (I think) a hedge sparrow, at Old Brompton, where I then resided.

how I do wish to be just now stepping out of a Cuckoo into them!

You, strike your eight strokes bravely, Cuckoo of the little clock!

It is felt in some quarters that it may be just one cuckoo on a route march.

*** People who think they have heard the cuckoo before the first of May, declares a well-known ornithologist, are usually the victims of young practical jokers.

In passing through an open space, which reminded me of a market-place, I heard the cuckoo with an indescribable sensation of pleasure mingled with solemnity.

THE GREY HEN Yes, but I shall hear the hour striking, and I will catch a look at my Cuckoo by stretching my neck, THE PIGEON [Calling, slightly out of patience.]