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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 670

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THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE SCALES. beetles, and even the common mosquito has themon the surface of the wings, and as a fringe-likeborder along the edge. ECHIDNA This animal is commonly called the spiny ant-eater or the porcupine ant-eater. It occurs inAustralia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. It feedson… … THE ECHIDNA. Photographed from a specimen secured for the National ZoologicalPark at Washington, by Dr. F. W. Goding, American Consul atNewcastle, New South Wales. cure them after tearing open the nest. Theechidna lays eggs, usually two, which are carriedSimilar scales are fcund on the body of some…

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