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refer frequently to the observations of Mr. Boardman and 

 quote from information specially furnished by him. Upon 

 page after page throughout the five noble volumes of that 

 work acknowledgments are given to Mr. Boardman. Mr. 

 Charles Hallock, in his Camp Eife in Florida, gives 

 acknowledgment to Mr. Boardman as " that well-known 

 student of natural history whose writings have special 

 value to the scientist . ' ' Other writers who have benefited 

 from his studies and given due credit are Elliott Coues, 

 D. H. Minot, Robert Ridgway, Everett Smith, E. A. 

 Samuels, Ruthven Deane, N. Clifford Brown, J. A. Allen, 

 A. E. Verrill and Charles Hallock, as well as the lesser 

 known authors who have written about New England 

 birds. 



In volume third of the American Naturalist, page 837 

 — September, 1869 — Mr. Boardman has an interesting 

 note on the collection and care of birds' eggs. He says : 

 In collecting eggs the utmost importance is to be placed 

 upon the proper identification of the specimens. To 

 every bird's leg attach a label noting sex, date of cap- 

 ture and locality. Blow the eggs with a blow-pipe. 

 Make but one hole and that on the side. Above the 

 hole write the initials of the collector and under it the 

 number, also the Baird Smithsonian number. All the 

 eggs in one nest should have the same number. Suppose 

 I take my first nest, Canada Jay, March 15, with three 

 eggs. I mark all three eggs, say No. 5, and keep a 

 small note book, properly ruled, in which I record the 

 date, name of bird and number of eggs, number of egg 

 in Baird list, and remarks, as : "Taken by myself (or as 

 the case may be) out of a small spruce, six feet from the 

 ground, old bird shot," etc. A printed label with the 



