. The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history : with a complete catalogue of the birds of eastern Massachusetts . <=#?*-_--?:. m&W Plate II. 20 THE NATURALISTS GUIDE. the rule. Record the number of inches upon a strip ofpaper; if there is a fractional part of an inch, measure itwith the dividers, and find how many hundredths it con-tains upon the smaller rule, and record it. This is thelength of the bird. Stretch the wings out to the full length, with the birdstill upon its back; measure these from tip to tip as thestretch of wing. Measure the wing
. The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history : with a complete catalogue of the birds of eastern Massachusetts . <=#?*-_--?:. m&W Plate II. 20 THE NATURALISTS GUIDE. the rule. Record the number of inches upon a strip ofpaper; if there is a fractional part of an inch, measure itwith the dividers, and find how many hundredths it con-tains upon the smaller rule, and record it. This is thelength of the bird. Stretch the wings out to the full length, with the birdstill upon its back; measure these from tip to tip as thestretch of wing. Measure the wing from the tip to thecarpel joint, or bend, with the dividers (Plate X. d), for thelength of the wing. The tail is to be measured — alsowith the dividers — from the tip to the root for thelength of the tail. Measure the tarsus (Plate VII. g) as the length of the tarsus. Measure the bill, from the tipof the upper mandible to the base (if the base is not welldefined, as in the Ducks, measure to the feathers); this isthe length of bill along the culmen (Plate III. h).Measure from the tip of the upper mandible to the gape(e) for the length from gape; also from th
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