Al animals differentiated by sex lay eggs

Those in which the egg pa es out of the body and is hatched outside are ealled oviparous; those in which the egg remains inside the body to hatch are called ovoviviparous; those whose eggs are retained in connection with the parent i means of a placenta anc an umbilical cord so that the young are brought forth alive are called vivi: parous. All birds lay eggs and sc also do most reptiles, amphibians, anc fishes; insects, crustaceans, and mol lusks are oviparous. In this cla are included the ornithorhynchus anc echidna. The eggs of amphibians are usually found in floating glutinous ma es. The eggs of fishes are popu. larly known as roe or spawn, Egg: vary vastly in size. The largest knowr egg is that of the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar, the shell of whict had a ‘capacity of about two gallon: and was six times the size of the eg; of the ostrich, The eggs of birds, es pecially of fowls and some reptiles as turtles, are commonly used fo: fuod. Besides their use as a food hen’s eggs are used in the technical arts, the albumen in which they are so rich serving in dyeing, manufacture of leather, and various other purposes. Many of the eggs of birds are beautifully colored. - Eggleston, Edward, an Ameri- ‘can author; born in Vevay, Ind., Dec. fs 1837. In fiction he achieved celebrity with stories of life in Southern ‘Indiana in pioneer days, while as a historian he made a specialty of Amerjean subjects.