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Labelling, should be exact, . . 54 

 Labelling, various schemes dis- 

 cussed (illus.) . . . 55, 00 

 "Ledger" explained, . . 61, 03, 66 

 Limbs, to cut sately, ... 20, 30 

 Measuring instruments (illus.) . 72 

 Mirror for lofty nests, .... 22 

 Nests, form of label for, ... 65 

 Nests, how secured from ene- 

 mies, 8, 30 



Nests on cliffs, 12 



Nests, preservation of, . . 29, 31 

 Nests, purification of, .... 32 

 Nests, value of the study of, 23, 20, 89 

 Nests, variations, .... 26, 100 

 Nests, where to seek, ... 5 

 Oology a part of Ornithology, . 3 

 Orchard oriole, nesting of, . . 100 

 Parent-bird, means of preserv- 

 ing, 10 



Parent-bird, means of taking, . 9 

 Patches for weak shells (illus.) 48, 52 

 Record-books, pleasure and profit 



of, 67 



Record-books proposed, ... 61 

 Ropes and rope-ladders, . . . 18 



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Salvin's cabinet, 70 



Season for egg-collecting, ... 4 



"Set" defined, 53 



Sitting-period to be studied, . 103 

 Smithsonian "Catalogues" of 



birds 61 



Scoop-net for deep nests, ... 21 

 Sources of confusion to collec- 

 tors, 11 



Sucking eggs, 40 



Syringe for emptying eggs (illus.) 39 

 Tracking birds to their nests, . 6 

 Trays recommended for cabinets, 80 

 Test-tubes of glass suggested, . 81 

 Trees, how to climb, .... 17 

 "The Heart of Ornithology," . 88 

 Use of lacts when learned, . . 107 

 Varnishing, etc., condemned, . 52 

 Water-birds, ignorance concern- 

 ing 97 



Woodpecker, local names for the 



golden-winged, 68 



Yellow-bird, nesting of, . . . 104 

 Yolk, treatment when dry and 

 hard, 47 



