24 BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



batting and placed in a box of suitable size subdivided for the pur- 

 pose. In some collections, the species to which they belong, and 

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

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

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

 box or nest containing the eggs, and a corresponding number in a 

 catalogue in which can be given all the necessary particulars in 

 detail. 



