CONTENTS, 



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PRELIMINARY AND EXPLANATORY, 1 



Chapter I. Implements fou Collecting and their Use, . . 5 

 §1. The Double-barrelled Shot Gun, 5.— §2. Breech Loader, g.— 

 §3. Other Weapons, etc., 7. — §1. Ammunition, 8. — §5. Other 

 Equipments. 10.— §g. Qualifications for Success, 13. — §7. To 

 Carry a Gun, 12.— §8. To Clean a Gun, 13.— §9. To Load a Gun, 

 14.— §10. To Shoot, 16. 



Chapter II. Dogs, .... 19 



§11. A Good Dog, How Useful, 19. 



Ciiapteu III. Various Directions and Suggestions for 



Field Work, 21 



§12. To BE A Good Collector, 21. — §13, u, 1.5, 16. Birds, How, 

 Where and When Sought, 21, 22, 25— §17. How many of a Kind 

 Wanted, and Why, 27. — §18. What is a Good Day's Work? 30. 

 —§19. Approaching Birds, 30.— §20. Kecovering Birds, 33.— §21. 

 IviLLiNG Wounded Birds, 33.— §22. Handling Bleeding Birds, 

 35.— §23. Carrying Birds Home Safe, 3G.— §24. A Special Case, 

 37.— §25. Hygiene of Collectorsiiip, 37. 



Chapter IV. Registration and Labelling, 44 



§26, 27. Record of Observations, 44.— §28. Ornithological Book- 

 keeping, 45.— §29. Labelling, 46.— §30. Directions for Measure- 

 ment, 49. 



Chapter V. Instruments, Materials and Fixtures for 



Preparing Birdskins, 52 



§31. Instruments, .52.— §32. Materials, 53.— §33. Independent Par- 

 agraph, 56.— §34. Fixtures, 56.— §35. Query,. 57. 



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