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No. 12 or 13 — American Bitteru, Bluck-crowued Night Plerou, Yellow-crowued 

 Night Herou, Sage Grouse, Crow. 



No. l;> or 14— Hooded Merganser, Baldpate, Green-winged, P>lue-winged, and Cin- 

 namon Teals, Pintail, Buflle-head, Old-stjuaw, Ruddy Duck, Florida 

 Gallinulo, American Coot, ]\uffli'(l Grouse, Pr.iirie Hen, Marsli 

 Hawk. 



No. 14 — Reddish Egret, Louisiana Herou, Lilllc Blue Heron, Green Hiron, King 

 Rail, American Barn Owl, American Long-eared Owl, .Short-eared 

 Owl. 



No. I'i or 17 — Dabchick, Greater Yellow-legs, Black-bellied Plover, American Golden 

 Plover, Mourning Dove, Screech Owl, Ik-lted Kingfisher. 



No. 17 or IS— Least Bitteru, American Woodcock, Wilson's or Jack Snij^e, Solitary 

 Sandpiper, Killdeer, Bob-white, Saw-whet Owl, P'licker, Jilue Jay, 

 Yellow-lieaded Blackbird, Meadowlark, Purple, Florida, and 

 Bronzed Grackles, Brown Thrasher. 



No. IS— Wilson's or Common Tern, Yellow and Black-billed Cuckoos, Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red- 

 bellied Woodpecker, Robin. 



No. IK— Black Tern, Virginia and Sora Rails, Baird's Sandpiper, Piping Plover, 

 Downy Woodpecker, Crested Flycatcher, Red-winged Blackbird, 

 Baltimore Oriole, Rusty Blackbird, Wax-wings, Mockingbird, 

 Catbird. 



No. 20— Red, Northern, and Wilson's Phalaropes, Least Saudpip'er, Semi-palmated 

 Sandpiper, Kingl)ird, Cardinals, Wilson's Thrush, Olive-backed 

 Tin-ush, Hermit Thrush, Bluebird. 



The sizes from Nos. 21 to 24 are stiitable for so many of the dimin- 

 utive birds found among the Finches, Fringillidce ., and in the family of 

 \'ireos, VireonidcB. Nos. 23 and 24 are particularly desirable for nearly 

 all the American Warblers, Sylvicolidcs ; these sizes are also necessary in 

 mounting all of the diminutive Wrens, the Titmice, Paridcr^ the Creep- 

 ers, CerihhdcF.! and the dainty little Sylvians, of which I may mention 

 the Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, and the Elue-gray 

 Gnatcatcher. No. 26 is suitable for any of the North American Hum- 

 mingbirds. • 



In each instance where two sizes of wire are mentioned for the sev- 

 erally named species, I have invariably used the larger when I was sure 

 the size of the wire would not break the skin along the back of the leg, 

 or disfigure it in any way. In motmting a half dozen Flamingos, I used 

 No. 9 wire. In many birds the sizes of the wires were still larger than 

 the largest given, especially when the bodies of the birds were massive 

 and heavy, as in the Loon, Pelican, and Swan. When the bird is to 

 stand on one leg, and sometimes when it is to be raotinted with wings 

 spread, a larger size is necessary. The sinaller sizes of wire, it is true, 



