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Title: The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Lattin, Frank H
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Albion, N.Y. : Frank H. Lattin
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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pes, pink or red paper or cardboard should be used, I would ratherhave one perfect specimen than threeindifferent ones. In the preparation of the eggs, thelate Dr. W. L. Rolph, made holesscarcely larger than a pinpoint, ineggs the size of crows eggs. LikewiseMajor Bendere showed me eggs pre-pared by Dr. Fisher with the samesized small hole. This stirred in mydesire to measure up the splendidexamples, and when I took my firstset of Bald Eagle after a hard climbnear Washington, D. C. I wanted topreserve it up to the highest standardand struck on a new idea. I took ahypodermic syringe and filled thepoint and used water to force the con-tents from the Eagle egg. By takingthe utmost care I entirely emptied thecontents through a single hole. Iwould recommend such methods foruse on such eggs as the California Con-dor, but it is to be trusted that nomore eggs of this bird will be taken.Mr. Stephens of San Diego states thatnow days a collector who would col-lect Condors eggs for profit would .
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Birds of Brooks County, W. Virginia. Male and Female Cerulian Warbler. MaleDrawn From Life Sketch Made In Field. Female From Sketch of Closely;Related Dendroica. THE OOLOGIST 19 stand a chance of having his permitrevoked. Well, the hypodermic meth-od is par excellent but requirespatience. Still the beautifully smallhole will repay for the care and time.J. W. Daniels, Jr. Bird Nesting Noted From Yates,County, N. Y. The interval of time between thedate arrival of birds and the very dateof beginning nest construction, anddate when first egg was deposited,also the number of days required tocomplete nests, and lay full sets ofeggs is an interesting phase of birdnesting study. An old date book of mine has takennew interest since I began to searchits well filled pages and tabulatedthese data. Some birds begin nest constructionin a remarkably short time after ar-rival, and I find recorded many in-stances of the first beginning of nests,first eggs laid and time required tobuild nests and depos

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