LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FULL-PAGE PLATES. 



I. HEAD OF ROYAL BENGAL TIGER. (Frontispiece.) PAGE 



II. Two PAGES FROM AN OLD FIELD NOTE-BOOK (Double Plate), . 22 



III. MEASUREMENTS OF A LARGE MAMMAL, 38 



IV. How TO CUT OPEN AND MOUNT A FISH, 76 



V. PARING DOWN A LARGE MAMMAL SKIN, 104 



VI. INTERIOR MECHANISM OF A HALF-MOUNTED WOLF, . . 132 



VII. MANIKIN FOR BENGAL TIGER : FIRST STAGE, . . .142 



VIII. MANIKIN FOR BENGAL TIGER : COMPLETED, .... 148 



IX. MANIKIN FOR MALE AMERICAN BISON : HALF FINISHED, . 152 



X. MANIKIN FOR AMERICAN BISON: COMPLETED, . . . 15(5 



XI. HEAD OF PRONG-HORN ANTELOPE, 168 



XII. WORKSHOP OF A BIRD TAXIDERMIST, 182 



XIII. MOUNTED BIRD. WITH INTERIOR STRUCTURE EXPOSED, . . 192 



XIV. MOUNTING AN ALLIGATOR : LAST STAGE, .... 206 

 XV. AMERICAN LOBSTER, 217 



XVI. SPECIMENS OF ORNAMENTAL TAXIDERMY (Double Plate), . 222 



XVII. A FIGHT IN THE TREE-TOPS, . . . . . . . 2:51 



XVIII. GROUP OF COYOTES, .235 



XIX. GROUP OF AMERICAN BISON (Double Plate), .... 240 



XX. A LlGAMENTARY SKELETON, MOUNTED AND DRYING, . . 288 



XXI. SKELETON OF AN AMERICAN BISON, 298 



( FIG. 1. BEATING THE BUSH, 320 



\ FIG. 2. A SUCCESSFUL STROKE, 320 



\ FIG. 1. BOTTLING A SKIPPER, 326 



^ FIG. 2. JAPANESE PORTER WITH COLLECTING BOXES, 326 



