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HARLOW CLASSES MEM HALL MYSTERIES AS PIGEON - EGGS

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Dick Harlow, curator of birds' nests and eggs in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, broke into a broad grin when questioned yesterday about the recent discovery in Memorial Hall of some mysterious eggs which have so far baffled diagnosis.

"Oh, yes! These eggs!' he chuckled, when accosted at the H.A.A. office. "Well, perhaps they belong to some new and rare bird, and maybe they will make a permanent contribution to the science of ornithology. But as far as I'm concerned, they're just plain pigeon eggs!"

And so the matter was settled.

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