70 F. H. LATFIN, GA*INES, N. Y. 



INSTRUCTIONS FOB THE COLLECTOR OF 

 BIRDS' EGGS. 



On the following'pages we endeavor to tell in as few 

 words as practical how to prepare eggs for the cabinet. 



The methods of other collectors may differ in a meas- 

 ure from the one we give, but taken as a whole, they are 

 essentially the same. 



End blown specimens are now of but little, if any 

 value. 



The few that now remain in the cabinets of our more 

 advanced oologists are being replaced by carefully pre- 

 pared side-blown ones. 



As good instruments can now be obtained of any 

 dealer for a trifle, it is a poor apology f or an oologist to mar 

 the beauty and inpair the value of his treasures by blowing 

 them through the ends. 



The majority of our_ leading oologists save their speci- 

 mens in the original set or clutch, while a few of the older 

 and the majority of the younger ones save eggs either 

 singly or in pairs. 



Our advise to beginners, who have no true love for 

 "our hobby, "and collect only for a pastime, or strive to 

 out number the collection of some friend, or whose chief aim. 

 is to become a mere egg collector would be to collect spar- 

 ingly of single eggs, for we assure you that as soon as the 

 novelty wears off they will be cast aside to make way for 

 the next craze. 



