24 HIRDS OP ONTARIO. 



batting- and placed in a Ijox of suitahle size suhdivided tVir the jnu-- 

 pose. In some collections, the species to which they belong, an*l 

 other particulars, are given by marking them on the shell with a 

 soft pencil, but T dislike this mode, for it destroys the look of the 

 egg. A better way, I think, is to liave a number attached to the 

 box or nest containing the eggs, and a corresponding numl>er in a 

 catalogue in which can be given all the necessary particulars in 

 detail. 



