. Birds'-nesting : a handbook of instruction in gathering and preserving the nests and eggs of birds for the purposes of study. Birds; Birds. SAFETY CONTKIVANCES. 51 now universally practised, though he used a three- edged needle to punch the hole, instead of our mod- ern drill, and did not refer to some of our late ways of managing tlie embryos. I refer to the paper less as a matter of history, than for the purpose of bring- inof to notice one of the tools which M. Dano^er recommmends, and which I think would prove very useful indeed. In fact, I am rather surprirjcd that it has been so long n
. Birds'-nesting : a handbook of instruction in gathering and preserving the nests and eggs of birds for the purposes of study. Birds; Birds. SAFETY CONTKIVANCES. 51 now universally practised, though he used a three- edged needle to punch the hole, instead of our mod- ern drill, and did not refer to some of our late ways of managing tlie embryos. I refer to the paper less as a matter of history, than for the purpose of bring- inof to notice one of the tools which M. Dano^er recommmends, and which I think would prove very useful indeed. In fact, I am rather surprirjcd that it has been so long neglected, and strongly advise a. trial of the instrument as something better than fin- gers for holding the egg during drilling and blowing. The instrument is so simple that it will be under- stood without description, by a glance at the accom- panying figure (fig. 12). The oval rings are covered with some light fabric. Like mosquito-netting, and do not touch the egg which is held lightly, but securely in the nettins:. Such an instrument would cost but a trifle, and it seems worth ascertaining whether we may not avoid danger by Danger's own ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946. Boston [Mass. ] : S. E. Cassino
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