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TAXIDERMY
ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING
A COMPLETE HANDBOOK FOR THE AMATEUR TAXIDERMIST,
COLLECTOR, OSTEOLOGIST, MUSEUM-BUILDER,
SPORTSMAN, AND TRAVELLER
WILLIAM. T. HORNADAY
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1894
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
Part 1.
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
Part 2.
TAXIDERMY.
Part 3.
MAKING CASTS.
Part 4.
OSTEOLOGY.
Part 5.
THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS.
Part 6.
GENERAL INFORMATION.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
FULL-PAGE PLATES.
TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS.
PART I.
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
PART II.
TAXIDERMY.
PART III.
MAKING CASTS.
PART IV.
OSTEOLOGY.
PART V.
THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS.
TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING.
PART I.—COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
CHAPTER I.
THE WORKER AND THE WORK TO BE DONE.
CHAPTER II.
OUTFITS, AND HINTS ON HUNTING.
CHAPTER III.
HOW TO SELECT AND STUDY FRESH SPECIMENS.
CHAPTER IV.
TREATMENT OF THE SKINS OF SMALL MAMMALS.
CHAPTER V.
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING THE SKINS OF LARGE MAMMALS.
CHAPTER VI.
COLLECTING SKINS OF SMALL BIRDS.
CHAPTER VII.
COLLECTING SKINS OF LARGE BIRDS.
CHAPTER VIII.
COLLECTING REPTILES.
CHAPTER IX.
COLLECTING FISHES.
CHAPTER X.
COLLECTING MARINE INVERTEBRATES.
CHAPTER XI.
COLLECTING BIRDS' EGGS AND NESTS.
PART II.—TAXIDERMY.
CHAPTER XII.
THE LABORATORY AND ITS APPOINTMENTS.
CHAPTER XIII.
PRELIMINARY WORK IN MOUNTING MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XIV.
PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL APPLICATION IN MOUNTING
THE HIGHER VERTEBRATES.
CHAPTER XV.
MOUNTING SMALL MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XVI.
MOUNTING LARGE MAMMALS.—ORDINARY METHODS.
CHAPTER XVII.
MOUNTING LARGE MAMMALS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF
MANIKINS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
FINISHING MOUNTED MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XIX.
MOUNTING MAMMAL HEADS AS TROPHIES AND ORNAMENTS.
CHAPTER XX.
FACIAL EXPRESSION AND MOUTH MODELING.
CHAPTER XXI.
RELAXING DRY SKINS OF BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXII.
MOUNTING SMALL BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXIII.
MOUNTING LARGE BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CLEANING THE PLUMAGE OF BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXV.
MOUNTING REPTILES.
CHAPTER XXVI.
MOUNTING FISHES.
CHAPTER XXVII.
MOUNTING LOBSTERS AND CRABS.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
ORNAMENTAL TAXIDERMY.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI.
CHAPTER XXIX.
GROUPS AND GROUPING.
CHAPTER XXX.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF GROUP-MAKING.
CHAPTER XXXI.
GROUPS OF MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XXXII.
GROUPS OF BIRDS AND REPTILES.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
HINTS ON PAINTING MUSEUM SPECIMENS.
PART III.—MAKING CASTS.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL APPLICATION IN MAKING MOULDS AND CASTS.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CASTS OF MAMMALS, FISHES, AND REPTILES.
PART IV.—OSTEOLOGY.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
COLLECTING SKELETONS.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CLEANING LARGE SKELETONS BY MACERATING.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CLEANING AND MOUNTING SMALL SKELETONS.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
MOUNTING A LARGE DISARTICULATED SKELETON.
PART V.—THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS.
CHAPTER XL.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS.
ARTHROPODA.
CHAPTER XLI.
EGGS AND LARVÆ: BREEDING AND REARING.
CHAPTER XLII.
COLLECTING IMAGOES.
CHAPTER XLIII.
PREPARATION, CARE, AND DISPLAY OF INSECTS.
PART VI.—GENERAL INFORMATION.
CHAPTER XLIV.
INSECT PESTS AND POISONING.
CHAPTER XLV.
USEFUL INFORMATION.
CHAPTER XLVI.
THE BEST BOOKS OF REFERENCE FOR THE TAXIDERMIST AND COLLECTOR.
INDEX.
GEORGE H. SOWDON.FREDERIC S. WEBSTER.
SOWDON & WEBSTER,
738 Broadway, New York,
EXPERTS IN THE PREPARATION OF
Zoological Material.
Groups of Mammals and Birds,
In Mounting Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes,
··Use Good Glass Eyes··
THAT ARE TRUE TO NATURE IN SHAPE, COLOR, AND SIZE.
DEMUTH BROTHERS,
89 Walker Street, New York.
Manufacturers of FINE GLASS EYES of every description,
Standard·Specialties
IN
MUSEUM HARDWARE.
Groups of Mammals, Birds and Reptiles,
Artificial Leaves, Plants and Vines,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
PELLETIER & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS,
135 Wooster Street, New York.
C. DORFLINGER & SONS,
Glass Manufacturers,
White Mills, Wayne Co., Penn.
NEW YORK OFFICE: 36 MURRAY STREET.
Anatomical and Specimen Jars
SKINS OF
MAMMALS, BIRDS,
REPTILES, Etc.
MOUNTED HEADS,
OF
DEER, ELK, MOOSE, CARIBOU, BUFFALO, ELEPHANT,
AFRICAN ANTELOPE, Etc.
WARD'S
Natural Science Establishment,
ROCHESTER, N.Y.
WRITE FOR CIRCULAR.
Taxidermists: Naturalists:
BIRDS' EGGS, BIRDS' SKINS,
MOUNTED BIRDS AND MAMMALS,
AND
LAND AND MARINE CURIOSITIES,
Ornithologist, Oologist, Entomologist,
Botanist and Taxidermist,
ALSO PUBLISHERS OF THE
ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST.
Frank Blake Webster Company,
MUSEUM AND SUPPLY DEPOT,
HYDE PARK, MASS.
FOREST AND STREAM
ROD AND GUN.
Two Years in the Jungle.
The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India,
Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo.
THE EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECT.
FOOTNOTES:
Transcriber's Notes
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