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Parchment, which you tie with a Thread to one of 
its Feet 5 the Writing will be preferved, even when 
the Bird is in Brandy. 
3. If you know of a Bird any thing beftdes its 
Name, you may make a fmall Note, fhewing in 
what Places it lives 5 what it feeds upon ; whether 
or no it (lays all the Year in the fame Country; 
how and where it makes its Neft; how many Eggs 
it lays; the Wiles and Cunnings particular to it; 
whether it is good to eat; in fhort, whatever is 
known of its Hiftory. 
4. A Collection of Nells is a proper Repertory 
to be joined to that of Birds j it (hews fuch Works 
as hardly could be imitated by Men, admirable for 
their Form, their Woikmanfhip, and the Materials 
employed in them : M. Reaumur has already made 
luch a Repofitory. If one can have Neds not too 
bulky for eafy Tranfportation, you may be fure to 
fee them with Pleafure joined to the Birds that have 
built them. 
5. The Colours and Figures of the Eggs make 
alfo Part of the Hiftory of Birds; Collections made 
of them will give Satisfadion to curious Minds : 
Thofe which are to be fent would be in Danger of 
being broken on the Way, by the veiy Subftance 
they^contain, if it comes to ferment. Before you 
fend them therefore, you muft empty them : To this 
end you make a fmall Hole on each End, and fhakc 
them ; and if this Shaking will not be enough, 
you blow into one of the Holes to torce out 
through the other what liquid Matter remains in 
State 
