Guide to Taxidermy 



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CHAP. 9 



Collecting and Preparing E^^s 



Only a very few years ago the collecting of bird 

 eggs was a very common thing; scarcely a boy but 

 had a small collection. Fortunately this has been 

 discouraged as well as prohibited by law, so that at 

 ]>resent it is necessary to have a permit from the 

 state to collect and then only for scientific pur- 

 poses. Unless our reader intends to make Ornithol- 

 ogy or Oology a special and permanent study, we 

 entreat him not to start a collection of eggs. 



Such collecting is permissible and may be bene- 

 ficial to science if properly and conscientiously car- 

 ried out. 



In some parts of the country birds can be found 

 nesting at all seasons of the year, but, as a rule, 

 the nesting season occurs in the months of May, 

 June and July. 



For collecting eggs in the field, a small satchel, 

 a fish basket or even a dinner box swung over the 



