To Preserve Eggs. 



To preserve the shells of eggs, first 

 take care to clear them of their con- 

 tents; get a small, fine-pointed com- 

 mon syringe, and inject the 

 specimen with water until it comes 

 out quite clean. When an egg has 

 been partly hatched or addled, the 

 removal of the contents generally in- 

 cludes that of the internal membrane 

 or pellicle; this makes the shell 

 weaker. When the specimens are 

 quite clean internally, and have be- 

 come dry (which will be in a day or 

 two) take the syringe and inject 

 them with a strong solution of ising- 

 glass (with a little sugar-candy ad- 

 ded to prevent its cracking); blow 

 this out again whilst warm. Then 

 dry the egg thoroughly. This meth- 

 od varnishes the inside, and the first 

 specimen on which it has been tried 

 was a field sparrow's egg, which is 

 to this day as bright in color and 

 marking as a fresh specimen, and we 

 have used this method continuously 

 since. — Ex. 



To the patrons of The Ornithol- 

 ogist we offer the following special 

 price list. 



All orders will be promptly filled 

 and forwarded at my risk by return 

 mail or express, Postage or express 

 charges prepaid. 



11. Mockingbird $. .08 



12. Catbird .03 



13. Brown Thrasher .03 

 16. Cala " .40 

 57. St. Lucas Cactus Wren .50 



182. Green-backed Goldfinch .20 



183. Lawrence's " .30 

 231c.Calla. Song Sparrow .15 

 240b. " Brown Towhee .20 

 262. R. & W. Sh'ld Bl'kbird .15 

 269. Hooded Oriole .60 



272. Bullock's Oriole .15 



306. West. Kingbird .10 



307. Cassin's " .35 

 317. Black Pewee .15 

 337. Costa's Humming bird 1.25 

 363. Texan Sapsucker 1.00 

 378b. Red-shafted Flicker .15 

 385. Road Runner .35 



394. Amer. Barn Owl . .50 



395. Amer. Long Eared Owl .50 

 408. Burrowing Owl .45 

 442. Swainson's Hawk 1.25 

 460. Mourning Dove .06 

 470a. Wild Turkey .85 

 634. Ruddy Duck 1.25 

 686. Common Tern .08 



Two Special Offers to Enlarge 

 the Circulation of The Ornith- 

 ologist. 



No 1: 



We will give 25 cents worth of 

 the above eggs for every new sub- 

 scriber you will send us for The 

 Ornithologist before Nov. 15, 1885. 



These subscriptions "will count 

 towards the valuable prizes to be 

 given Nov. 15th. 



No. 2: 



For $1 .00 we will send one dollar's 

 worth of the above eggs and The 

 Ornithologist one year. 



- Any of our present subscribers 

 wishing to avail themselves of this 

 offer can have The Ornithologist 

 sent to one of their friends, or we 

 will give them credit for one years' 

 subscription. 



Address all orders, plainly, to 

 C. L. McCOLLUM, 

 Twin Bluffs, Richland Co., Wis. 



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