CHAPTER III 



NOTE-KEEPING 



Various systems for recording observations 

 have been devised since the origin of ornith- 

 ology and the types now in use are almost as 

 many as the number of observers. Altho 

 the method is of little importance as long as it 

 is logically arranged for reference, yet I am so 

 well satisfied with a system which I adopted 

 several years ago, that I will take the space 

 briefly to explain it. It consists of the following : 



(i) A recording sheet of the following type, 

 listing the species seen on each day, with a short 

 note on the locality, weather, number and sex 

 of the birds observed, etc. A sheet is intended 

 to last a week, so that, assuming we record our 

 observations for every day of the year, we will 

 have but fifty-two sheets for the year. 



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