Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-13
EGGS OF MANY BIRDS.
Curious Collection that savannah
Man Has Got Together.

. curious tOiitCilOn
Man Has Got Together.
"How's your collection of eggs coming
I on ?" asked NEWS reporter of Mr.. Troup
Perry yesterday.
Nicely" was the reply. "Pve just got
in some new ones. and if you've a few
minutes to spare you'll find them worth
looking at"
The NEWS man went with Nr. Perry to
his residence, No. 1907 AbercOrn street,
and there saw more Kinds and varieties
Of eggs than he had dreamed were in eX-
istence. There were eggs OF all sizes,
shapes and colors, from the size OF the tiny
titmouse, as large as pea, TO that OF the
ostrich, large enough TO make a square
meal for two hungry men. The eggs are
all classified and labeled, each set OF from
one to dozen or more In separate
apartment.
"Show me some of the rarest Ones"
asked the reporter.
"Well, here's about the smallest egg in
the world. 1t is laid by the California
tltmOuse. They are. quite common
though, and are remarkable only for
their size. Here's some hing not found
every day, the rock wren's egg. IL is
found IN California too. The little fell
lows build their nests all along the Pa
here's the thrush's egg. They are quite
common. | have eighteen varieties Of
them. This is one called the SevainO-
sus warbler, which was the first to dis
cover. | found these eggs on May 10
year ago. They are found only in Georgia
and south Carolina. This is something
| prize very highlv-the Florida Towhee.
There are but two sets in the United
States, and this is one of them. Here's
W.
Brunswick, the fly catcher from Arizona
and one from Arkansas. And here's
something that lots Of people get mixed
up-the whip-poor-will and chuck-will-
the-widow. The egg of the latter is about
twice the size of the former.
This is a funny fellow, the scarlet tana-
ger. 1t never builds its own nest, but
lays in the first nest it comes across.
MIR. Perry brought out the eggs of the
boboliRk from Vermont, which
visits here in the winter as the rice bird,
the starting from England, the cow bird
from Yucatan, five varieties ofthe black
bird, six of the lark including one from
England and one from Mexico, and four
varieties of the oriole. One of the most
curious of all was that of the burrowlng
owl from California, which builds its mes
in a hole from six to ten feet under
ground. Another collection was that of
This is a white egg about the size of a
goose egg, and with an unusually rough
surface. Then there is the wild turkey,
ruffled grouse, ployer, fiamingo, sand
hill crane, pelican, wOodcOck, gannet,
snake bird, horned owl, buzzard. crow.
gulls, and hundreds OF others VIII Gu it
would be almost impossible to mention.
''Pve been about five years getting this
collection" said Mr.. Perry. land haven't
near as many as / want now"
"About how many different kinds have
you got already"
"A bout 400"
"HOw do you get your specimens from
the Western States and across the ocean ]"
by exchanging. You see always get
as many sets as | can of each kind that
find around here, and / can always ex-
change them for something haven't got.
There's one though that have to buy,
the tufted putin from a Pacific island.
1t cost me So 500
"What Is my collection WORTH" swell,
according to the system under which
have it classified tRidway's) it is worth
every cent of 81 800"
The collection represents almost every
country in the world, and required great
deal OF time and patience to get 1t to-
gether.