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CHAPTER V. 



EGGS AND NESTS 



A full set of eggs is always desirable, if they 

 can be obtained, but, as the old saying is, "A 

 half-loaf is better than no bread." The contents 

 may be removed by making a hole in the side of 

 the egg with an egg drill, and sucking out the 

 white and yolk with a glass blo\v-pipe ; or by 

 means of a little syringe with a bit of rubber 

 tubing attached to the nozzle. If the young have 

 already formed, a squarish-shaped hole may be 

 made on one side, and the contents hooked out. 

 The hole may be afterwards closed by pasting a 

 bit of film or tissue paper over it. While drill- 

 ing through the shell, the egg should be held over 

 water, so that if dropped it may not be broken ; 

 or an arrangement made of wire resembling a 

 pair of scissors, the ends terminating in a ring or 

 oval, may be used. The ends are then covered 



