. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . 128 tHi 6dL66l6t. Richard C. Harlow (left) and A. D, Henderson (right)as they appeared at Belvidere, Canada, in the spring of 1923 THE OOLOGIST 129 MY FIRST EGG COLLECTING I have been a subscriber to THEOOLOGIST for several years andhave enjoyed reading the stories, bythe various Ornithologists and Oolo-gists over the Country, about theirexperience collecting eggs and speci-mens. I have never caught the egg col-lecting craze, but have amassed anice collection of mounted birdswhich is nov/ in the State Museum atCharleston, West Vir


. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . 128 tHi 6dL66l6t. Richard C. Harlow (left) and A. D, Henderson (right)as they appeared at Belvidere, Canada, in the spring of 1923 THE OOLOGIST 129 MY FIRST EGG COLLECTING I have been a subscriber to THEOOLOGIST for several years andhave enjoyed reading the stories, bythe various Ornithologists and Oolo-gists over the Country, about theirexperience collecting eggs and speci-mens. I have never caught the egg col-lecting craze, but have amassed anice collection of mounted birdswhich is nov/ in the State Museum atCharleston, West Virginia. Most of my collecting was doneseveral years ago, as I have changedmy occupation and my present onedoes not permit me to spend as muchtime as I would like to at my hobby. As I have stated above I had the Egg Craze, but willtell of a couple of experiences I havehad collecting Hawk eggs, soon afterI first began collecting. One day in May 1913, my brotherand I thought that we would go tothe creek, about a mile away fromhome, to snare White Suckers asa few days be


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