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Ttients in the case while drying or they 

 Tvill rust very badly. 



Now trim the velvet off close to the 

 edges of the case, fasten the two pieces 

 together with a pair of small hinges 

 and a clasp or small hook. 



The case may now lie varnished or 

 "oiled ont." If "oiled out" the more 

 it is rubbed with the hand when oiling 

 the better it will appear, and it is 

 xisually necessary to give it a number 

 of coats. For oiling I use boiled oil. 

 B. S. B., 

 Phelps, N. Y. 



Note: The case I have described 

 will just about hold the instruments for 

 preparing fresh eggs, and it is well to 

 have a similar case for instruments for 

 preparing incubated ones. I find it 

 more convenient to have the instru- 

 ments thus divided. 



Notes from Island Lake, Fla. 



March 6th. Found my first nest of 

 Loggerhead Shrike, containing five 

 'Cggs; was in an orange tree and com- 

 posed of twigs, straw, feathers, etc.; 

 lined with palmetto fibres 



April 26th. (ioing through the woods 

 and practicing with my climbing irons, 

 I happened t<j find in a deserted iiicker's 

 nest containing two badly incubated 

 Florida Screech Owl eggs. 



April £9tl!. Took my first set of 

 Flicker's. The nest was in a dead pine 

 about fourteen feet from the gi-ound, 

 nnd ct)utained four fresh eggs. 



Continuing the hunt, I found in a 

 dead pine about sixteen feet from the 

 grovind, my second set of Florida 

 Screech Owl, containing two fresh 

 eggs. 



On the same day I found in an 

 orange grove a Florida Grackle's nest, 

 containing dve fresh eggs. 



May 1st. Found my first set of three 

 of Anhinga eggs on an island in a pine 

 tree fiftj- t\-et from the ground. Nest 

 v\'as conjposed of coarse twigs. 



Then, walking along, I^^uddenly saw 

 a Florida Towhee fly out of the bushes. 

 Searching for the nest, I found it on 

 the ground, composed of pine straw 

 and dead palmetto leaves; lined with 

 fine grass. [t contained three badly 

 incubated eggs. 



May 6th. Took my third set of Flor- 

 ida Screech Owl. I also found a Flor- 

 ida Towhee's nest, containing two 

 fresh eggs, in a small bush in a bay. 

 Returning to the same place on the 

 next day, I saw three eggs instead of 

 two. Knowing the set to be incom- 

 plete, I left the eggs, and again re- 

 turned on the 12th, but to my great 

 disappointment the eggs had disap- 

 peared. 



May 8th. Took my first set of Flor- 

 ida Night Hawk. These birds always 

 lay two eggs on the bare ground. 



May 9th. Found on an island my 

 second and third nests of Anhinga. 

 First contained one egg and one bird. 

 Second contained four badly incubated 

 eggs. Nests were composed of sticks; 

 lined v.ith green bay leaves. 



May 24th. Found luy first set of 

 Chuck-Will's-Widow. The nest was on 

 the ground; contained one rotten and 

 one badlj^iacubated egg. 



NiCKOLAS V. LaKDEN, 



A Bank Swallow Produces "An Egg Within 

 An Egg." 



On reading the article entitled "■An 

 Egg Within Two Eggs," it reminded 

 me of an egg I found during the sum- 

 mer. It was a Bank Swallow's egg I 

 was carrying in my hand, when acci- 

 dently I crushed it. On looking down 

 I was surprised to find that I still had 

 an egg. The shells were joined at the 

 ends, but Avere separate everywhere 

 else. My egg did not have any of the 

 albumen between the shells, but was 

 eutii-ely dry. 



Geo. p. Shepherd, 



Bangor, Me. 



