32 Guide to Taxidermy 



You will find that birds are much more active a 

 few hours after sunrise than they are during the 

 day. Consequently early morning is the best time 

 to pursue your quest, whatever your motive. 



Caution 



By caution we mean walking carefully through 

 woods and field, with no unnecessary noise. Let 

 the birds make the noise for you to hear; do not 

 alarm them. We do not, by any means, mean for 

 you to adopt Indian or any other ridiculous tactics, 

 but simply do not "lumber" along, whistling, the 

 way we have seen scores do. 



Keep A Record 



Every collector, whatever the subject, should 

 keep a record of all his finds. These should be 

 kept in a good substantial notebook, numbering the 

 first specimen you get No. 1, and so on consecu- 

 tively; whether your specimen be bird, mammal 

 or fish makes no difference, give it its consecu- 

 tive number. Your specimen may be mounted, kept 

 in a skin or traded, but you have its serial number 

 and can at any time find its data in the proper 

 place in your notebook. After the number, give 

 the place taken and the date, dimensions of the 



