INSTRUCTIONS 
I. MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THIS BOOK ACCURATE AND NEAT !1! 
--• It is essential that a McBee card be completely filled out for 
each, specimen skinned, autopsied, or skeletonized. This card 
provides the primary data reference for each specimen. 
3. Once an autopsy is completed all columns of this record book 
should be filled in by the person whose name is entered as 
recorder on the McBee card; he will be held responsible for the 
entry. 
4. Enter all species identifications in pencil, even if certain of 
the identification. 
5. Jse the age symbols recommended by the banding office; use male 
and female sex signs. 
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6. Enter bird measurements in the same order as on the McBee cards, 
and the weight last, i.e. 126-56-24-36-25 36.2 gm. 
7. Measurements are always made in millimeters and thus there is no 
need to add "mra," after them; HOWEVER, if you measure something 
in other than millimeters, i.e. an 8 foot wingspan, be sure you 
indicate the measure used. 
3. collector column should contain only the name of the person who 
actu-ally collected the specimen so that it is a reference to the 
precise circumstances of the collection (this hasn’t been donein 
the past). Naturally the collector will record the instance in 
his own field notes also. 
9. Always write dates thuslyi 25 Dec. 1963 
10. Only local identification of locality is necessary in this 
catalog as it already only refers one to Kure or Midway Islands, 
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II. Remarks column should include data on reproduction, molt and 
soft part colors, and misc. remarks. 
12. If the collector does not autopsy and enter the record in this 
book himself the person who does should add his initials at the 
extreme right hand side of the remarks column as a reference to 
any question about the entries. 
