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Thk \\'ii-S()\ 1')II.li;tix — Xo. ()2. 



l)lack. After a gtjod deal of cogitation, the thought occurred 

 that herons had the habit of fishing on the pound nets in Lake 

 Erie, ten miles distant, where they got pitch and tar on their 

 feet and returning home without wiping ofi on the door-mat. 



Fi.ii. 7. Jom>s, 1007. 



Wliite-crcstod Connoriint { I'liahicrocora.c (UIojiJiks ciiiciniKitiis ) . 



the pitch was rapidly transferred to the egg-shells. On a test 

 it was found that these spots which obstinately resisted wash- 

 ing with water dissolved and vanished on the application of 



