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'Of the Nature and Propagation of Cuckows [cuckoos] by J Cox

Reference number: RBO/21/31

Date: 1738

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Observations of a wagtail feeding a young cuckoo
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1738

Reference number
RBO/21/31
Earliest possible date
1738
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Of the Nature and Propagation of Cuckows [cuckoos] by J Cox, 1738, RBO/21/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_21_31/of-the-nature-and-propagation-of-cuckows-cuckoos-by-j-cox, accessed on 11 June 2026

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