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2. As soon as a shipment arrives, representative 
specimens of both sexes should be prepared 
as study skins for use in positive identifica¬ 
tion and for future reference. 
3. For all birds imported, there should be 
recorded: (a) The native home of the 
birds. This should be specific, listing coun¬ 
try, province or district, and nearest town, 
and the date on which the birds were first 
removed from this area. If, as is true quite 
frequently with cage birds, the birds have 
been raised in a country other than their 
native home, this fact should be recorded. 
(b) The number of males and females 
should be noted, if it is possible to sex the 
birds on the basis of external characters. 
4. Immediately after arrival in the Territory, 
all birds in any one shipment should be 
placed in quarantine, as are other animals, 
for a certain period of time, to provide some 
protection against introducing parasites and 
disease. 
5. At the end of the period of quarantine a 
general pathological examination should be 
performed on a sample of the importation, 
and fecal and blood smears made. 
6. At the time of release to the importer for 
liberation, the exact locality at which the 
birds are to be freed should be put on 
permanent record. The date of liberation, 
the valley, ridge or town, and the island of 
release should be noted. 
7. In some cases it might be best at first to 
limit the liberation of a species to one island 
in the archipelago. The effects of the species 
on the plants and animals of that island and 
its own success in surviving and reproducing 
could be studied for a few years. Later, if 
desired, it could be moved to other islands. 
This procedure might save some of the 
islands from the effects of a new pest species. 
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