BIRD CALLS.
[To The Editor.] Sir, — I have read with interest the letters in The Express about birds. I would like "Interested" to know that his interpretation of the chaffinch's call was perfectly right. The shining cuckoo's call is nothing like that of a chaffinch, as Mr Elvy would have us believe. Two seasons ago I watched a grey warbler feeding a young cuckoo in the willow trees near •Lahsdowne Park. I have heard and seen the parent bird for some years now, about the middle of October, but have not heard it so far this season. I do not read a lot of books, like Mr Elvy, but I ha.ve studied the birds at first hand. I camiot write the cuckoo's call on paper, but can imitate it perfectly. I will conclude by saying that I would be only too pleased to give Mr Elvy an imitation, and that I am not «rTTnT7W\r\ "
"CUCKOO."
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXV, Issue 254, 28 October 1942, Page 4
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155BIRD CALLS. Marlborough Express, Volume LXXV, Issue 254, 28 October 1942, Page 4
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