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Birds Seen or Heard,' or ' Species Searched For but Not Found.' 

 It will be observed upon close comparison of the subdivisions 

 included under the three captions ' Number of Indications of 

 Mating,' ' Nests and Young,' and ' Indications of Migration,' that 

 notes on no more than five of these subdivisions are probable on 

 one species during one day. For these notes the first spaces of 

 divisions six, seven, and eight, and the third spaces of divisions 

 six and seven are reserved. In the remaining division space — 

 the third space of the eighth division — may be placed the page 

 references to photographs, drawings, additional notes, and resume. 

 Should this space be needed for another record, the page references 

 to photographs, drawings, additional notes, and resume' may be 

 placed respectively in the upper left, upper right, lower left, and 

 lower right corners of the section. If desirable, any note may be 

 given more prominence by writing it in differently colored ink. In 

 arranging the notes for the above sections we have endeavored 

 to congest them into as small a space as possible, but have found 

 it impractical to confine them to sections smaller than those desig- 

 nated. 



In looking down the vertical columns of this form one may note 

 at a glance all the species observed during each day. In looking 

 across the horizontal columns one may note the different days 

 upon which the same species was observed, the different localities 

 that it frequented, the various environments in which it was 

 found, etc. 



Each sheet may be made to cover as many spaces in width or 

 length as desirable in each individual case. However large it may 

 be made, it is improbable that the marginal divisions of one sheet 

 will contain all the species observed during the days represented. 

 Other sheets must, therefore, be added of a size equal to the body 

 of this sheet (/. <?., with the headline area omitted) and ruled in the 

 same way. These sheets should be made up in tablet form and 

 neatly perforated at the points indicated. Covers should be made 

 a trifle larger than the form, both of which should be hinged with 

 leather or canvas and perforated in the same manner as the sheets, 

 each perforation being provided with an eyelet. The covers and 

 sheets are laced together with an ordinary shoe-lace, thus making 

 it possible to remove the sheets at any time and arrange them 



