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liquid into it. You will not want much of 

 the liquid as it would interfere with the 

 transparency of the egg. Blow the wax 

 into the egg, hold it over a spirit lamiJ or 

 in front of a fire, and keep turning the 

 egg about until you can see the color ap- 

 peal's in every part of it. Then remove 

 it gradually from the heat, still continuing 

 to turn it about, and in a very short time it 

 will cool, and the coating of wax will be 

 uniformly distributed over the interior. 



The process is rather a tedious one, but 

 the effect is so admirable that no one who 

 tries it will regret the expenditure of time 

 and trouble. Hoping this will interest 

 some of the readers of the Oologist, I am 

 oologically, 



E. S. 0., Jk., Owings Mills, 



Balto. Co., Md. 



Repairing a Nest of the Black-capped 

 Chickadee. 



On the 14th of April, 1888, while out 

 collecting, my attention was attracted to a 

 small hole in the side of an old rotten 

 stump. I broke the hole open and was 

 vexed to find a nest made of moss and hair 

 but no eggs. Without thinking I pulled 

 the nest out and pulled it apart. Just then 

 the owner, a Black-capped Chickadee, came 

 flying toward me and I was more vexed to 

 think I had spoiled the nest. 



A thought struck me. I took my knife 

 and cut a large piece of bark, large enough 

 to fit over the place I had broken. I then 

 put back the moss and hair, tied the bark 

 over the hole and cut a small hole in the 

 top and left it. 



Two days later I returned and rapped on 

 the stump. Out flew a Chickadee and up 

 I went to the hole. Tearing the bark off 

 I found two little eggs ; they were pure 

 white, specked at the larger end with 

 light reddish-brown. 



This find was one of the most pleasing 

 discoveries I have had this season. 



W. E. L., Peoria, 111. 



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