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The Young Ornitliologisf. 



the sets. Place the eggs in these and 

 they will be safe and show off well. The 

 trays should be about half an inch deep. 

 Small labels printed on cards with same 

 matter as on paper, should be filled out 

 and placed at the back of the tray con- 

 taining the eggs, between the sides of 

 the trays. This holds it in place, and 

 on opening the drawer you at once see 

 what is in each tray without handling 

 the eggs to get at the larger paper label 

 which is possible, folded and laid in the 

 bottom of the tray. As to the arrange- 

 ment, I think the best way is to take 

 Ridgeway's list (1881) and follow that; 

 thus you have thrushes, wai biers, etc. 

 all together. If it happens that a small 

 &gg by this plan is placed between two 

 larger ones, it is of no consequence, as 

 you know it belongs there according to 

 your system. The trays spoken of can 

 be obtained of advertisers in the Young 

 Ornithologist, at a cost of 50 cents to 

 v^'i.oo per hundred, according to size. 



E. H. D. 



A VACATION TRIP ; 



OR, TWO YOUNG NATURALISJS IN 

 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



liY HARRY ROLAND. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The next morning was Sunday and 

 the boys spent the time in walking 

 around. They went up to a sand bank 

 nearby and picked up some garnets, of 

 which they found quite a number though 

 somewhat small. Edward also found 

 several maiden-hair ferns, which he 

 pressed in an old pamphlet to carry 

 back with him. Thus they quietly spent 

 their first Sabbath in New Hampshire, 



and retired rather eaily, full of prepaia- 

 tions for the next day. 



Monday morning at half-i)ast seven 

 we find them starting out for a whole 

 days collecting, with a lunch of bread 

 and butter and boiled eggs in their jjock- 

 ets ; they also had their hooks and lines, 

 paper, matches, etc., as they intend to 

 stop at the brook about noon to catch 

 a few trout and cook them. By twelve 

 o'clock they had walked several miles 

 and reached the brook at a point where 

 it is joined by a smaller one. The lat- 

 ter flowed over white sand, and the 

 water was very cool and clear. They 

 caught several trout out of it, but they 

 were very small. The boys then went 

 back to the large brook, where they 

 caught three or four large fish, which 

 was sufficient for their lunch. George 

 soon had them dressed, and Edward 

 made a fire, over which the fish were 

 soon cooking and sending out a most 

 appetizing odor. The boys had not found 

 many nests during the forenoon ; the 

 only sets collected being those of the 

 Field Sparrow and Wood Pewee. The 

 latter came very near costing George a 

 bad fall, as the limb on which he was 

 standing broke off, leaving him swing-- 

 ing in the air by one hand, but he con- 

 trived to get hold of the limb with the 

 other hand, and drew himself up on to 

 it and got down in safety. One of the 

 eggs rolled out of the nest and was brok- 

 en, but the remaining three were safely 

 carried home. The nest of the Wood 

 Pewee is a very pretty structure, flat, 

 compactly built and saddled on to a 

 horizontal limb of some tree (in this 

 case an oak), and covered on the out- 

 side with lichens, somewhat after the 

 fashion of the Hummingbird, and is 

 nearly as difficult to find. The after- 

 noon was spent ])leasantly and profit- 



