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AN EGG-EATER ROBBING A NEST. 
47.—This plate illustrates a very pathetic incident. (1) Shows a Cape Quail on its 
eggs, and its mate keeping it company. (2) Shows the approach of an Egg-eating 
Snake. The quail is seen reluctantly retiring before this formidable enemy. ‘The snake 
proceeds to make a meal of the eggs. (3) The snake an egg in its mouth. (4) The 
snake is busy sawing an egg in its throat. 
