CONTENTS 



Page. 

 PRELIMINARY AND EXPLANATORY, 1 



CHAPTER I. IMPLEMENTS FOR COLLECTING AND THEIR USE, . . 5 

 1. THE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SHOT GUN, 5. 2. BREECH LOADER. 6. 

 3. OTHER WEAPONS, ETC., 7. 4. AMMUNITION, 8. 5. OTHER 

 EQUIPMENTS. 10. 6. QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUCCESS, 12. 7. To 

 CARRY A GUN, 12. 8. To CLEAN A GUN, 13. 0. To LOAD A GUN, 

 14. 10. To SHOOT, 16. 



CHAPTER II. DOGS, .... 19 



11. A GOOD DOG, How USEFUL, 19. 



CHAPTER III. VARIOUS DIRECTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR 



FIELD WORK, 21 



12. To BE A GOOD COLLECTOR, 21. 13, 14, 15, 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. RECOVERING BIRDS, 33. 21. 

 KILLING WOUNDED BIRDS, 33. 22. HANDLING BLEEDING BIRDS, 

 35. 23. CARRYING BIRDS HOME SAFE, 36. 24. A SPECIAL CASE, 

 37. 25. HYGIENE OF COLLECTORSHIP, 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 BIRDSKIXS, 52 



31. INSTRUMENTS, 52. 32. MATERIALS, 53. 33. INDEPENDENT PAR- 

 AGRAPH, 56. 34. FIXTURES, 56. 35. QUERY, 57. 



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