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PLATE XXIV. — PROPAGATION. 



A pair of Bob-whites as kept in a breeding cage by Prof. C. F. Hodge. 

 (Photograph by the Author.) 





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PLATE XXV.— PROTECTION. 



This photograph, taken at Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Fla., shows how wild- 

 fowl respond to perpetual protection. The Ducks shown are Scaups, 

 commonly known as Bluebills or Creek Broad-bills. (From Bird-Lore.) 



