22 Bird -Lore 



a swift perusal of the names already entered will call to mind the 

 old friends that have been met. The result is a complete permanent 

 record for the year. The blank portion (right-hand half) of each 

 right-hand page is reserved for explanatory notes concerning any 

 of the entries made. 



It is often desirable to set down the markings of a strange bird 

 while you are in the field, in order that you may look up the name 

 in the key on your return home. There are various blanks pub- 

 lished for this purpose, but I know of none simpler than the one 

 gotten out by one of my students, of which I append a diagram : 



FIELD DESCRIPTION. NO 



A. C. HALL, WEST HARTFORD, CONN. 



Comparative size, Chippy, Song Sparrow, Bluebird, Robin, 

 Crow, or larger 



Probable family 



Bill 



Forehead 



Crown Center stripe 



Back 



Rump 



Wing Barred Coverts 



Tail Barred Outer feather 



Eye Line over Under 



Line through ..Auriculars 



Throat 



Breast 



Sides 



Belly 



Under tail-coverts 



Flight 



Notes 



Date Locality 



Name 



I have gone into a rather elaborate explanation of this method in 

 order that I may make myself fully understood. I am afraid that 

 by so doing I have made the matter seem too difficult. My intention 

 has been to show how easy it is to keep a list of the birds of every 

 day, and I therefore have given a diagram of a part of a page from my 

 note-book for January. It takes but a few minutes in a day, and what 

 are the results? At the end of the year you have an acquaintance with 

 several score of birds and their notes ; you have a record of when they 

 appeared, when they were most numerous and when they were last 

 seen. A small letter "s" inserted in each entry will show when 

 they were in song. You have incidentally a record of your where- 

 abouts every day in the year, separate bird-records for special locali- 

 ties, and a complete weather-record. And when, with the returning 

 spring, old friends come back again, it is pleasant to know where and 

 when you first saw them in previous years. 



