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commenting on or correcting any state- 

 ment we make, and of supplementing 

 anything wherein they are deficient. 

 The points to which we would specially 

 direct attention, as those on which 

 further personal observation is needed, 

 are 1st, The nests of the rarer birds. 

 Where they are built, of what material 

 they are composed, and how this varies 

 according to circumstances. 2nd, 

 When the first egg was laid, and if 

 succeeding eggs are laid on successive 

 days, or how ? When the birds begin 

 to sit, and hovv r long incubation lasts 

 before the young hatch. How soon 

 they begin to fly, and when the family 

 part company. Descriptions are also 

 needed of the nest and plumage of many 

 species, and of their various immature 

 stages before they arrive at the perfect 

 adult plumage. We will gladly wel- 

 come notes on all, or any of these 

 points. We also propose to say a word 

 or two about the cry or song of the 

 different species, though we are well 

 aware of the great difficulty of repre- 

 senting in words the various sounds 

 made by birds ; but something may 

 be said that will help ornithologists in 

 the field to recognize various species 

 by their call. Whatever can be done 

 in this way shall be incorporated in 

 our papers when published separately, 

 of course with due acknowledgment of 

 the observer from whom the state- 

 ments are derived. 



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