Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1896 — Perseverance of a Young Cuckoo. [ARTICLE]

Perseverance of a Young Cuckoo.

Colonel Montague, the well-known naturalist, relates that he once saw a young cuckoo with indefatigable perseverance for four whole days continue to expel a newly hatched swallow, which he took core to replace each day beside it; after this period it lived on the best of terms with fts little companion.