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noting sex ($ for female, J for male), date of 

 capture, and locality ; and for eggs tlie best and 

 simplest plan, is this : his egg will of course be 

 blown with a blow-pipe from one hole in the side ; 

 above this hole let him write his initials, and under 

 it a number : — C^of) All the eggs in any one 

 nest will bear the same number. Thus I take 

 my first nest of the Siberian jay on April 16th, 

 with three eggs. I mark all the three eggs 

 with No. 8. I have a small note book ruled 

 thus : — 



Date. 



Name. 



No. on 

 Egg. 



Kemarks . 



1862. 









Ap.16 



Garrulus Infaustus 

 3 eggs . . 



8 



Taken by myself (as the 

 case maybe) at Quickiock, 

 out of a small fir, 6 feet 

 from the ground ; old bird 

 shot. Eggs a little sat on. 

 Ifest (describe nest, and 

 add as many particulars as 

 you choose). 



„ 18 



Tengm aim's Owl 

 4 eggs . . 



9 



Taken, etc. 



If he chooses, he can paste a neat printed label over 

 the whole, with the name of the bird. This plan 

 I have adopted for years, and I know none so good. 

 With small birds I always, if possible, preserve the 



