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tern. Since the writer took charge of the work an accurate, 

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Fig. 90. Diagrams showing the trend of the relative (percentage) 

 amount of unrecorded eggs during the successive months of the laying 

 year, for the laying years, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1910-11. 



not preserved prior to the month of January, 1908, the only 

 period for which figures are available regarding the accuracy 

 of the old type of nest as compared with the new is from Janu- 

 ary to June, 1908.' 



The following table gives the data from January, 1908, to 

 the present (August, 191 1,) regarding the accuracy of the trap- 



