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it on a piece of blotting-paper to dry. ' Hard- 

 set ' eggs are to be avoided, but one sometimes 

 has to deal with these. If you suspect an egg 

 to be in this condition, glue a narrow band of 

 brown paper round the middle of it. When 

 the glue is dry, drill a hole through both 

 paper and shell. This process prevents the 

 chipping or breaking of the shell. After the 

 egg has been emptied, place it in warm water, 

 and the paper will be easily removed. To 

 make the paper adhere to the convex surface 

 of the egg, a series of small slits should be 

 cut in its edges before it is glued. The eggs 

 may be preserved in a store-box, on pink or 

 white cotton- wool, or on moss. The box 

 should be divided by partitions into compart- 

 ments, of which one ought to be assigned 

 to each species of bird. I shall speak of 

 this afterwards. 



As regards collecting and preserving 

 butterflies and moths, much minute infor- 

 mation will be found in T/te Lepidopterist' s 

 Guide, by Dr. Knaggs (price Is. ; Gurney 

 and Jackson, London), and as regards animals 

 generally, in the Syllabus of Practical Taxi- 

 dermy attached to The Treasury of Natural 



