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No. 94, "Egg Grabber" originated by Charles Littlejohn of Redwood, Cal. 



Something New. 



While some of the readers of THE 

 OOLOGIST know of the contrivance 

 which I will endeavor to describe, no 

 doubt it will be new to a great many 

 others, and will prove of great assist- 

 ance in their collecting in the field. 



It would be no more than just to 

 mention here that we owe the origin- 

 ation of the perfect egg grabber to Mr. 

 Charles Littlejohn of Redwood City, 

 California; he being the originator of 



the article so far as I know; and I 

 think you will say with me that his 

 idea was an excellent one. 



To construct an egg grabber to se- 

 cure eggs ranging in size from that 

 of a Screech Owl to that of a Red- 

 tailed Hawk, proceed as follows: 



Procure a round limb of some soft, 

 tough wood, four inches long and one 

 and three-quarters inches iu diame- 

 ter. In one end drill a half inch hole 

 two inches deep. Reduce the other 



