THE OOLOGIST. 



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vients in the case while drijing or (hey 

 will rust very badly. 



Now trim the velvet oQ' close to tlie 

 ■edges of the ease, fasten the two pieces 

 together witli a pair of small hinges 

 and a clasp or small hook. 



The case may now i)e varnished or 

 •"oiled out." If "oiled out" the more 

 It is rubbed with the hand when oiling 

 the better it will appear, and it is 

 usually necessary to give it a number 

 of coats. For oiling I use boihnl oil. 

 B. S. B., 

 Phelps, N. Y. 



Note: Tlie case I have described 

 ■will just about hold the instruments for 

 preparing fresh eggs, and it is well to 

 have a similar case for instruments for 

 preparing incubated ones I find it 

 more convenient to have the instru- 

 ments thus divided. 



Notes from Island Lake, Fla. 



March 6th. Found my lirst nest of 

 Loggerhead Shrike, containing five 

 eggs; was in an mange tree and com- 

 posed of twigs, straw, feathers, etc.; 

 lined with palmetto fibres 



April 26th. (loing through the woods 

 and practicing with my climbing irons, 

 I happened to find in adeserted liicker's 

 nest containing two badly incubated 

 Florida IScrcci h Owl eggs. 



April :il)tli. Took my first set of 

 Flicker's. The nest was in a dead pine 

 about fourteen feet from the ground, 

 and contained four fresh eggs. 



Continuing ll.e hunt, I found in a 

 dead pine about sixteen fet^t from the 

 ground, my second set of Florida 

 Screech Owl, containing two fresh 



On the same day I found in an 

 orange grove a Florida Grackie's nest, 

 ■containing five fresh eggs. 



Maj' 1st. Found mj- tirst set of three 

 of Anhinga eggs on an islaiul in a pine 

 tree fifty i'vK'i from the ground. Nest 

 was composed of coai'se twigs. 



Then, walking along, Lj'^iiddenly saw 

 a Florida Towhee fly out of the Inishes. 

 Searching for the nest, I found it on 

 the ground, composed of pine straw 

 and dead palmetto heaves; lined with 

 line grass. [t contained three badly 

 incubated eggs. 



May 6th. Took my third set of Flor- 

 ida Screech Owl. I also found a Flor- 

 ida Towhee's nest, containing two 

 fresh eggs, in a small bush in a bay. 

 Returning to the same place on the 

 next (biy, I saw three eggs instead of 

 two. Knowing the set to be incom- 

 plete, I left tlie eggs, and again re- 

 tuined on the 12th, but to my great 

 disappointmejit the eggs had disap- 

 peared. 



May 8th. Took my first set of Flor- 

 ida Night HaAvk. These liirds always 

 lay two eggs on the bare ground. 



May 9th. Found on an island my 

 .second and third nests of Anhinga. 

 First contained one egg and one bird. 

 Second contained four badly ineul)ated 

 eggs. Nests were composed of sticks; 

 lined with green bay leaves. 



Maj' 24th. Found my lirst set of 

 Chuck-Wiirs-Widow. The nest was ou 7 

 the ground; contained one rotten and 

 one badly incubated egg. 



Nicholas V. Linden, 



A Bank Swallow Produces "An Egg Within 

 An Egg." 



On reading the article entitled "An 

 Egg Within Two Eggs," it reminded 

 me of an egg 1 found during the sum- 

 mer. It Mas a Bank Swallow's egg I 

 was carrying in my hand, when acci- 

 dentlj' I crushed it. On looking down 

 I was surprised to find that I still had 

 an egg. The shells were joined at the 

 ends, but were separate eveiywhere 

 else. My egg did not have any of the 

 albumen lietween tiie shells, but was 

 entirely dry. 



Geo. p. SnEi'HERD, 



Bangor, Me. 



