BIRD'S EGGS, SUPPLIES, ETC. 77 



best. Do not wind on several yards of thread, we know this 

 is a customary practice with many collectors, but it is both 

 a waste of time and material, and the eggs are far more 

 liable to become broken when unpacked than if wrapped 

 in the ordinary manner. 



Pasteboard partitions should never be used unless the 

 sender wishes to be rewarded with a lot of broken eggs. 

 The same caution might also be given to collectors who are 

 in the habit of throwing in their eggs loosely, either in lay- 

 ers or in bulk. Large eggs can be packed in dry moss, 

 tow, oakum, or similar material. 



Never use bran or sawdust, it will work in the holes 

 where the eggs are blown and will make them so solid that 

 they will jolt together and break. Hundreds of valuable 

 specimens have been broken every season through im- 

 proper packing, fully seventy-five per cent, of these break- 

 ages could have been avoided if the packers had only used 

 a little more care and judgement. 



Useful hints, items, and instructions are given in every 

 number of the Young Oologist, a sixteen page monthly with 

 cover, which we publish on fine book paper at only 60 cts. 

 per year. 



Any question of interest to the collector will be cheer- 

 fully answered through its columns. 



