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The collector’s name should appear on the label as authority for the 
facts stated, and in order that due credit may be given. It is often 
important to know the collector’s name in case any further information 
is desired about the specimen. 
The collector will often find it desirable to provisionally add the name 
of the species (as bat, mouse, shrew, etc.) for his own convenience in 
listing or referring to the specimen in his notes, but exact specific or sub- 
specific determinations are not necessary or desirable because field identi- 
fications are very apt to be wrong, and every species has characteristic 
marks by which it may be known by the experts. If the species has a 
local name by which it is known to settlers or natives of the country, it 
is urged that this name be recorded on the label as well as in the collector’s 
notebook. 
