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THEIR MODE OF BURYING A BIRD. 



they please, they make their way out, and fly away in 

 quest of further adventures. The eggs are hatched in two 

 days, and produce flat, scaly gruhs, which run ahout with 

 great activity ; these grubs grow excessively fast, and 

 very soon consume all that their parents had left. As 

 soon as they are full grown, they cease eating, and bur- 

 rowing further in the earth, become pupa3. The length of 

 time they remain in this state appears uncertain ; but 

 when arrived at the perfect state, they make round holes 

 in the ground, from which they come forth. 



LEATHER MILL ON THE WEY AT THE BACK OF GODBOLD'S. 



