New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
4 COLLECTION OF BIRDS EGGS.
SPECIMENS VALUED AT a-sOo-EXoUIsITE
COLORING.
rrorl The Providence Journal.

From The Providence Journal
5ss = most 81 persons WITH the treasured paste
hoard box lined with cotton wool containing some
some boy OF their acquaintance Few have ever
looked over scientific collection one OF Ihe 9est
individual conectlons IN this coqnus s Z onu NJ "
this citT II Is the property OF ChaTies T. Doe Doe'
secs have been gathered and ind representatives
N Mt Does cabinet. There are in all over thirty
saece d 5rds HIS coeetion Oi is mainly devoted
10 North American eggs, but represemntamves, m ives, M OF
tse Dover OF reproiucng the m glorious coorins
= sach perfect harmony. and any one may learn
many interesting facts in the natural history Of
birds by gong through il with its owner
Natural cuT!osites IN this collection are many
There is one egg fully 2co5 years old II vas taken
F-ou the mummy pits al Sakarrah, Egypt AS Is
,reI kaoTn, the Egyptians preserved the bodies
% the Gfal- - Vas q part part OF Inelr reiigiOn, an9
cloth. TIE eegs Of the Sacred Ibis were also
turtle eggs hardly come within the scope but
Galapagos Island. The egg is almost round. and
5oqi .hTe e9sT t IA giamsJeT w was la iad by
Edible swallows nests from China, the kind from
Baron RotaschiId has in England a flock of
cassowary- An egg from this bird is of the
COLLECTION. Il Is about six by four inches, of a
lisht pea green color. with a granulated she'll An
egg from The emu. laid at Central Park New
To'k IS another handsome one, in its deep blush
When it comes TO finish. tintamou. allied to the
turkey. places the finest product forth The egg
high poiish and as handsomely glazed the finest
porce.a-r As a contrast to this egg is the dull,
chaky. white product Cf the apteryx of Aus
traa- This bird Is known the mound builder
y .-ss rs 7las.e egg n a he3p ot dirt and then
way out and proceeds 10 scratch for itself without
Strange birds without number have contributed.
The Is the egg Of the South American condor,
Grfin vuItIre. the largest Of this family; Of the
- @ 0iTq n tnt ,,tes aeways % has its gull BEHIND
the sFrlke better known IS the butcher bird, from
81 haht OF killing other birds and impaling them
cI lAotls 1lliiit X gets reaoy 10 eat them
LsrEest q az the eggs Of birds now extant is
zS ,tTfe wt - si 90 q i,4i1 f has , a
and is large sixty hens eggs. 1t would con-
JaI1 e.soIEa sehc Tor square meal for pretty
Smallest Of all Is that Of the bumming bird. It
i " atte a1d delicate being about the size OF a
eggs have been found in fossils, that laid a larger
ar egg that vas about thirteen inches in diameter
and would hold about two gallons.
.a.a by bird for set the collection teaches far
different lesson. Ry a wise provision Of nature
tse birds that are hunted lay the largest number
~ egks- M Doe has nest o. qgaiEs eggs, show
5ne nat twenJy-one were placed by the mot
,reE.t II was taken nest and all from Norrh f
Takota An nterestiIg feature Of mis- nest is the
amount of breast down in i. NatUraIsts say that
that The eggs may lie next 10 the skin and get all
the warmth she car give:
An opposite extreme IS found in the aux family.
which lays only me egg. There is cast Of the
egg Of The great aux, which has been extinct since
le4=. i Is said that il is practically impossible
70 XII out species. hut il viii disappear when the
fooc supply gives out: Birds DO not hybrid no
matter how many varieties practically live in the
same locality.
Egg collectors will go to great lengths 20 obtain
rare specimen few years ago auk's egg
belonged to the Philadelphia Academy Of Sciences
that valued 81 SOC Within few years
Il has Disappeared II had this value on &C
count Of its rarity
No accurate money value could be placed on
these thirty thousand eggs. Some Of them are be-
yond price. for the simple reason that their
could not replace them. Some estimate may be
formed from the catalogue value Of one egg II
IS that Of the California condor and is listed
$50.
Prang, the great chrome and Christmas card
maker. recently spent three hours looking over
this cabinet Of eggs. When he left II with
q sad expression. said that he would give
ANYTHING he could reproduce the artistic blending
OF colors that nature has here accomplished