l.-W,*t ' 



My in -\t tin- 1 wa-. a D6Bi ami four ^j/s of the clav 



-t was imilt in a Lush two feet a' 1 



in.l.aii'l made of dried ^ra->v lim-d with horse liair. ami the 

 nixh-l.lue. finely vp,,u,-d with In-own at tin- la- 



down beneath a juin- live and n-xjed for an hour 

 which I ;_">! up and turned Lack towards Winnipeg, which wan 

 nine mil* 



< )n th- return journey I found several clut<-li<-- \' kin^' 

 lirds and other cmiinioii lirds. such a- catl>ird, n-d-\\ ii 



i rohins. l.ut I did imt take th- ! '.ad j-r.'- 



i-ly c.l!. :id do n't l.lic\i- in taking 



- in one's way. Had I taken all the . 



I found while in the .\<>rth-\\'e-t . I should ha\ e \> turned h"Hi,- 

 with fi\>- tiiiie^ a- many a> 1 did. 'I'ak 



<>ut id clutches I found at lyii^ Lake. I .n|y 



to<k three cltitcl:e>. At Hush Lake I could have collict.d 

 upon five hundred . ^x of the avoc.-t. and 1 f- It -oin,.- 

 what ^r.-.dy on afterwards counting t! ' find I had 



taken over one hundred specimens. FoOBg 'Oollecton, when- 



- a heronry >r ^ullery. don't tai. 



!i your way. 1-e v ;l iivti,-,| \\itl, .1 t'. \\ clutches, 

 sutticient to show the variation in ^\y,c, colour and inarki 



if you want a few duplicates to trade otl' tied with 



a limited numl'er of sets, and don't carry of!' hundred- 



,] kind aif v|,ould also In- taken not to tak---gg8 



d in incubation, which the collector will ] i 



al.|\ when he ^ets hoim- ami U-^ins to \,\n\\ them. 



I h. i of youn^ collector^ visiting a ^ullery and taking 



awa; l.askt-tful of e^s. and on reaching hom,-. finding 



the eoiild not I e Mown had to throw them 



1 IT yean I ha\. made it a j ract ! to 1 1 y 



clutch when incuhation had md 



could not IN- pi-ej ared decently. I 1. 



alwayv left the remaining <-^^ in the n,-st. unlexx tlu> sjHcie 

 happened to I.e \e]y rai-e. and then a second el 

 tha: !1. Vonnir co||eeto|-s should ' ike 



