CHAPTER VI. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING EGGS. 



Too much care cannot be taken to clean eggs. The 

 contents must be thoroughly removed, to accomplish 

 this, and all eggs should be rinsed. Eggs of all spe- 

 cies should be kept in sets ; and, where it is possible, 

 the nest should be collected with them. In packing- 

 eggs for transportation, wrap each one separately in 

 cotton, and place in a box lined with the same ma- 

 terial. Capt. Chas. Bendike, who is the most careful 

 egg-collector that I ever met, and his beautifully- 

 prepared and extensive collections bear ample testi- 

 mony to this statement, packs eggs in the following 

 manner: The box is first lined with cotton-batting; 

 then the eggs are placed, side by side, in partitions 

 made of the same material, which is cut in strips for 

 this purpose; then a layer of cotton is placed over 

 them, more eggs packed, and so on until the box is 

 filled. 



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