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sexes are very nearly alike, the principal difference being- 

 thai the female has the bill browner and an indication of 

 a white stripe over the eye." 



It is most gratifying to know that, of late years, our 

 State-school teachers and others have tried, so far as lies 

 in their power, to discourage the habit of egg collecting 

 among their scholars, also to omit all awards of egg 

 exhibits from their prize lists. It is sincerely to be 

 hoped that private schools will follow their example. 



