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‘of the abdomen is always visible even with the surface. Thus respira- 
tion is carried on, I suppose. The sensation is a dull itching; and if 
person is much occupied the entrance is very likely to be effected unper- 
ceived; at least, it was often so in my own case. Then a day or two 
may, perhaps, elapse before any considerable annoyance is felt. This 
consists of a tenderness about where the insect is, with an itching there 
or thereabouts. The nigua may be in the great toe, and you will rub or 
letely 
two ae especially if the part be scratched or rubbed. If nowit 
be neglected very likely it may not be felt again till after several days, 
and when it has become nearly or quite gravid, when a slight soreness or 
à tenderness is sure to be experienced. 
It is exceedingly rare that any ill-effect results from the extraction of a 
single nigua, or of a few, unless the party should be peculiarly predis- 
ble 
one nest should have the same num 
Suppose I take my first nest, aside Jay, 15th March, with three eggs, 
I mark all three eggs, say No. 5, and keep a small note-book ruled thus : 




Date. No. on Remarks. 
S Name. Eggs. . 
March 15.| Canada Jay, 3 eggs. 5 Taken by myself (or as the case may be) 
pA opta ir 
nest, and any and all particular S.) 
April 30. | Gos-hawk, 3 eggs. 6 Taken, eto. 
c. E E | 
À printed label, with the name of the bird, looks very neatly. In the 
Case of small birds always preserve the nests, as they are often more in- 
teresting and valuable than the eggs themselves. All the eggs of the same 
nest, and the nest , being numbered the same, by a reference to the little 
note-book the identification of any eggs (even if they get mixed) is very 
easy, and the history of any specimen can rtained. If an egg has 






