NESTS AND EGGS. 
drawers, having cotton or chopped moss for them to rest 
npon; but in whatever mode the collection is arranged, the 
eggs must be excluded from the light, otherwise the colours 
will inevitably fade. The names and description should be 
written on the box or a slip of paper, and not on the egg itself. 
Where there is a glazed case or case of drawers available, 
sufficiently large, and capable of having the light excluded, the 
most useful arrangement would be to place the eggs in the 
proper nest; but this could only apply to the smaller species 
of birds’ nests. 
The following eggs are represented in the plate, and are 
described in the succeeding pages : — 
1. Chaffinch. 
2. Hawfinch. 
3. Siskin. 
4. Bullfinch. 
5. Red Shrike. 
6. Bottle-tit. 
7. Blue-tit. 
8. Cole-tit. 
9. Nightingale. 
10. Woodlark. 
11. Skylark. 
12. Greenfinch. 
13. Goldfinch. 
14. Titlark. 
15. Wren. 
16. Linnet. 
17. Yellowhammer. 
18. Robin. 
19. Kestrel. 
20. Magpie. 
21. Raven. 
22. Jackdaw. 
23. Jay. 
24. Starling*. 
25. Redwing. 
26. Missel Thrush. 
27. Water Ouzel. 
28. Blackcap. 
29. Fieldfare. 
30. Ring Ouzel. 
31. Song Thrush. 
32. Blackbird. 
