Manual of Taxidermy A Complete Guide in Collecting and Preserving Birds and Mammals

SECTION I.: TRAPPING, ETC.--Several devices for securing birds for specimens may be successfully practised, one of the simplest of which is the box-trap, so familiar to every sc...

SECTION I.: ORDINARY METHOD.--The only instruments that I use in removing the skin of birds ordinarily is a simple knife of a peculiar form (see Fig. 3); but I like to have a pa...

SECTION I.: INSTRUMENTS.--The instruments necessary for mounting are cutting pliers (Fig. 12), or tin shears, straight-nosed pliers (Fig. 11), wire of various sizes, tweezers, a...

SECTION I.: CLEANING FEATHERS.--If a bird is bloody, the feathers may be washed either in turpentine or water. Saturate a rag or piece of cotton, and clean off the blood, which...

=Handbook of Entomology.= By Prof. C. V. RILEY. This work will be an introduction to the study of Entomology, and as such will find a place occupied by no American book. It will...

Mounting reptiles, batrachians, and fishes as collected in this department is scarcely a part of taxidermy. I shall only give general instructions regarding mounting some specie...

SECTION I.: SMALL MAMMALS.--Skin as directed, but the skull should not, as a rule, be detached unless the animal be large enough to have the lips split. The eye cavities should...

SECTION I.: SKINNING SMALL MAMMALS.--Lay the animal on its back, make an incision about one-third of the length of the body on the under side of the body from the vent forward,...

Sieve trap: B, common coal sieve, set with one edge raised by stick A, to which is attached the string C, one end of which is held by the bird-catcher at a distance. When the bi...

SECTION I.: PLAIN STANDS.--The best stands for the cabinet are simple wooden ones, either of pine or other woods, turned by machinery with a simple cross-piece for perching bird...

Mammals are, as a rule, much more difficult to procure than birds, especially the smaller species. Mice occur in all localities. The white-footed mice are often found in the des...

Section I. Cleaning Feathers. Section II. Making Skins of Small Birds. Section III. Making Skins of Long-necked Birds. Section IV: Making Skins of Herons, Ibises, etc. Section V...

Section I. Instruments. Section II. Mounting from Fresh Specimens. Section III. Crested Birds. Section IV. Mounting with Wings Spread. Section V. Mounting Birds for Screens, etc...

Section I. Ordinary Method. Section II. Exceptions to the usual Method of Skinning. Section III. Ascertaining the Sex of Birds. Section IV. Preserving Skins. Section V. Other Me...