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Guide to Taxidermy 



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The following sizes are most often used and they 

 are such that they will fit uniformly into the 

 drawers, each size occupying just twice the space 

 of the size next smaller: 1 1-2x2; 2x3; 3x4; 

 and 4x6; these sizes will accommodate most any 

 set. The eggs are safest laid in these trays with 

 no cotton packing whatever. 



A better but more expensive method of exhibit- 

 ing an egg collection is to have them in trays about 

 two inches deep and with a cover having a glass 

 top. The eggs are set lightly in cotton and the 

 glass holds them firmly in place; they can be 

 handled by anyone without danger of breakage. 



The best method, and also the most costly, is to 

 have the glass-topped pasteboard boxes large 

 enough to take in both the nest and eggs. This of 

 course calls for large boxes and very large cabinets. 

 This last method is the one adopted in the museum 

 of Mr. J. E. Thayer, at Lancaster, Mass., whose 

 collection is one of the finest and most complete in 

 the country. 



