The cuckoo was often termed the brain fever bird. Funny, when you think of it. Brain fever, is a rather Victorian nuanced state of feverish frenzy caused by hopelessness. Melancholia, another fancy synonym. //caption// I'm travelling. And where I'm going, the sound of a cuckoo isn't as evident in the urban din as I would have liked it to be. You know, 18th century zoologists deemed India as a magic land. What with all the varied animal kingdom abnormalities and the floral and faunal absurdities. They were new to this. The cuckoo was often termed the brain fever bird. Funny, when you think of it. Brain fever, is a rather Victorian nuanced state of feverish frenzy caused by hopelessness. Melancholia, another fancy synonym. Anyway, I'd rather not go into too much detail. I don't know much else, to be honest.
