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to remove the egg, will seldom fail to 
trample about the trap till it is sprung. 
It may be said to be a general inhabit- 
ant in most countries in Europe; it is 
likewise found at Aleppo, and in various 
parts of Asia. 
Varieties of the Magpie have been taken 
of a buff or cream colour, and a specimen 
in the late Leverian Museum was nearly 
white, curiously streaked with black. 
