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VOLUME XXXI.—No. 7. 
NEW YORK, JULY, 1872. 
NEW SERIES—No. 306. 
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MEADOW LARKS .— Drawn BY Herrick. —Engraved for the American Agricultvritt .— (See page 250.) 
