CONTENTS 



PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING BIRDS. 

 SECT. PAGE 



I. HOW TO COLLECT 3 



II. HOW TO PREPARE SPECIMENS. INSTRUMENTS, MATERIALS, ETC. 10 



III. MEASURING, SKINNING, AND PRESERVING BIRDS . . .18 



MEASURING 18 



SKINNING 22 



DETERMINING THE SEX 27 



CONTENTS OF STOMACH, ETC. 31 



EXCEPTIONS TO THE USUAL METHOD OF SKINNING . 31 



TAKLE OF MEASUREMENTS 32 



IV. MOUNTING SPECIMENS 34 



MOUNTING FRESH BIRDS 34 



MOUNTING DRIED SKINS 40 



MOUNTING BIRDS WITH THE WINGS EXTENDED . . .41 



CHAPTER II. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING MAMMALS. 

 SECT. 



I. COLLECTING 43 



II. MEASURING MAMMALS 45 



SKINNING 46 



METHOD OF PREPARING A BOOK FOR MEASURING MAMMALS 47 



TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS 47 



III. MOUNTING MAMMALS -50 



CHAPTER III. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS FOR THE CABINET. 



BEETLES, OR COLEOPTERA ... 55 



BUGS, OR HEMD?TERA 57 



GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS, ETC., OR ORTHOPTERA . . . .58 



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