[27] DIRECTIONS FOR COLLECTING BIRDS— RIDGWAY. 



§6. EECOKDS. 



The field notes of a collector may be nearly as valuable as his speci- 

 mens. Tbey should include observations on the habits, notes, etc., of 

 JJie various species met with, the binds of localities they frequent, their 

 food, and all matters which concern their life history. These notes 

 may be written either in a book or on separate scraps of paper (pref- 

 erably the former), hut should never he written on hoth sides of the paper, 

 unless the supply runs short, in which case it will be necessary to have 

 one page of each leaf copied before the notes can be properly utilized. 



In addition to these field notes, the collector should catalogue his 

 specimens as they are obtained, beginning with ISTo. 1, and he should 

 have a single set of numbers. The catalogue number of each siDeci- 

 men should be given both in this catalogue and on the label of the 

 specimen itself, and the full data also duplicated in the same manner. 



