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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



TEXT ILLUSTEATIONS. 



PART I. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING. 



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1. THE BEST KNIVES FOH A COLLECTOR OR TAXIDERMIST, 15 



2. SQUIRREL PARTLY SKINNED, 27 



3. SKINNING A SQUIRREL'S HEAD, 



4. A MODEL MAMMAL SKIN, . . . . . . . .34 



5. ANOTHER FORM OF MAMMAL SKIN, 



G. OPENING CUTS ON A LARGE MAMMAL, 40 



7. OPENING CUTS AT BACK OF PRONG-HORN ANTELOPE'S HEAD, . 41 



8. A WELL-MADE DRY DEER SKIN, 4:> 



9. FOOT OF AN ORANG-UTAN, 44 



10. NAMES OP THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF A BIRD, .... 47 



11. FIRST STEPS IN SKINNING A BIRD, .50 



12. BIRD SKIN, WRONG SIDE OUT, 51 



13. THE BIRD SKIN IN POSITION, 53 



14 THE SKIN HAL? WRAPPED, .54 



15. SPREADING THE TAIL, 55 



16. THE SKIN FULLY WRAPPED, .55 



17. A PERFECT BIRD SKIN, 56 



iy How TO S:I\PR A HERON SKIN, .... .60 



10. How TO OPEN A TURTLE, ... .00 



20. AGASSIZ TANK. FOR ALCOHOLICS, 



21. BIRD NEST, in situ, ...... 



22. WIRE STANDARD FOR NESTS, .... .93 



23. NEST ON WIRE STANDARD, WITH LABELS, 94 



PART II. 

 TAXIDERMY. 



24. SKIN SCRAPERS, ABOUT ONE-FOURTH ACTUAL SIZE, . . 1C3 



2H. LEG MAKING AND WIRING, 117 



26 WIRING TOGETHER, . .119 



26 ;. THE LEGS WIRED TOGETHER, 121 



