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He keeps a journal in which is kept a duplicate of each label. 

 The check list number is not used except for exchanging. Un- 

 der the journal registry of the specimens he writes any miscella- 

 neous remarks and notes concerning it — his Held notes, etc. If 

 it is exchanged, the name of the person to whom it is exchanged 

 is added, or if received in exchange, the name of the person from 

 whom it is received is added. Thus a full data of each skin is 

 kept. 



His sets of eggs are numbered in the same way and duplicates 

 kept in the journal. The eggs are kept in trays in a cabinet of 

 drawers. The number, date, locality and other data is written on 

 a card three-fourths of an inch wide and the length of the tray. 

 The card is placed in the back of the tray so the number, name, 

 etc., face the front of the drawer. The numbers are all placed 

 in rotation, and the card at the back of each tray, instead of be- 

 ing a hindrance, adds much to the beuuty of the eggs. If com- 

 plete particulars of any set are wanted, all lie has to do is to open 

 the journal at the set number. He also keeps the original data 

 blanks of the sets, with the number written across the left-hand 

 end in large figures. Mr. Carr informs me that he has tried sev. 

 eral systems for arranging his eggs during the last eight years, 

 but that this gives greater satisfaction than any lie lias yet tried. 



Taking into consideration the difficulties he has labored under, 

 Mr. Carr has built up a grand collection. Rising early in the 

 mi >rning before his day's work commenced, and going to the 

 woods to collect birds, which were skinned in the evening, shows 

 his love for the science. - Many collectors would have soon tired 

 of this kind of work. 



While South in the employ of an expedition as taxidermist 

 Mr. Carr learned considerable of bird life in the locality of Texas. 

 Although his duties to his employers took most of his time, he 

 managed to secure seventy-six skins with full data during the 

 winter and spring he was there. 



