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Rh collection vary in colouring from the light dull vermilion, which so often characterizes the merlin's eggs, to a deep rich morone, tinted, especially in newly-taken specimens, with a delicate crimson bloom.

A few words more. The birds are not much seen in the day, but generally early in the morning. Whilst the hen bird 254