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BIRDS-NESTING. 



of whicn required mending, I was attracted by the 

 wonderful adhesive force of coaguline in cementing 

 shells together. Following out the line of thought 

 presented at this time, I was enabled to perfect a 

 system of labelling which is essentially described 

 here : 



" ' Slips of paper are to be prejiared in triangular 

 form, or at least to have one portion tapering to a 



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-(220) <^I 



Fig. 13. 



point, as figured above. The slips can be cut in sizes 

 varying with the dimensions of the egg, or the 

 amount of writing intended to be placed upon them. 

 Having made the necessary record, the very tip of 

 the label may be moistened with coaguline and fast- 

 ened to the egg as in fig. 13. It should be placed on 

 the border of the drilled hole on the side, so that 

 both may occupy as little space as possible. Almost 



