EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING. 



BY R. KEARTON. 



GG- COLLECTING, 



in these days of re- 

 finement, is often 

 pronounced cruel ; 

 and it undoubtedly 

 is so as pursued 

 by some thoughtless 

 people, who will take 

 all the eggs out of 

 a nest without the 

 slightest knowledge 

 of their state of incu- 

 bation. But a very 

 good collection may 

 be made without 

 doing any harm to 

 the feathered frater- 

 nity : for instance, 

 taking one egg out 

 of four, when the 

 bird is laying, does 

 not at all interfere 

 with her bringing 

 forth her brood. 

 There is an old su- 



