ORNITHOLOGIST 



— AND- 



OOLOGIST. 



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Vol. XVI. 



HYDE PARK, MASS., FEBRUARY, 1891. 



No. 2. 



How a Large Collection of Eggs is ; iiiiif"im lif'ig'it of lialf an indi, but their size 



Kept. 



Haviii}; often been asked how the " .1. P. N." 

 collection of egKS is kept I liave prepared the 

 followiuf;' biief description. 



Tlie cabinets all contain drawers of the same 

 dimensions (thirty by twenty-four inches) but 

 they vary in depth, as some of them are four 



varies in accordance with the amount of space 

 required by the set. 



A complete copy of the data of each set is 

 made on a small printed blank, which is then 

 place<l inside the tray. Over this is spread a 

 piece of sheet raw cotton, from which one 

 of the smooth surfaces has been removed. 

 This leaves a rough surface, and when small 



HOvV A LARGE COLLECTION IS KEPT. — From a Photograph, J. P. Norhis Collection. 



inches deep, while the majority of them are only 

 two inches deeji. At present the collection occu- 

 pies ei};hty drawers, but some of them are un- 

 duly crowded. JlultiplyinK the length and 

 width of the eighty drawers we find that the 

 space occuiiied is just foin- hundred sipiare 

 feet. 



The eggs are kept in white pastelioard ti'ays 

 — one tray for each set. 'i'hcy are all of the 



eggs are arranged on it they gradually sink 

 into it slightly, by their own w'eight, and re- 

 main in the position in which they are placed, 

 if the eggs in tlie set are four in number 

 they are arranged two with their larger ends 

 towards one side of the box, and two towards 

 the other side. If there are three in the set 

 two are placed in frcmt and one at the back. 

 If there are five in a set or any greater num- 



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