360 



INDEX. 



Larvae, drying, 315 



inflation of, 316 



mounting, 315 



preparation of, 312 



transformation of, 312 

 leaves, artificial, 2''0 

 Leg-bones, value of,' 32, 33, 42 

 Leg-irons, best attachment for, 136-137 



how to prepare and attach, 143-147 

 Leg-wires, attachment of, in birds, 193 

 Legs, of large mammals, making, 130-147 



of small bird, wiring, 184-186 



of small mammals, making, 116-118 



treatment of, in skinning, 33, 59, 00, 61 

 Lepidoptera, 317-318 

 Ligamentary skeletons, cleaning, 280 



mounting, 288 

 Lion, 171-172 



Liquors, hurtfulness of intoxicating, 6 

 Lizards, 66, 202-204 



Lobst-T, how to clean and mount, 217-218 

 Longipennes, treatment of, 02 

 Lucas, Frederic A., 69, 219, 223, 270 



work in National Museum by, 288 



group of turtles by, 250 



group of hawks by, 224 



wall-cases of birds by, 224 



MACERATING skeletons, 282-284 

 Mammals, collecting, best seasons for, 16 



gluing hair on mounted, 155-157 



groups of large, '..31, 234 



groups of small, 234, 241, 244 



mounting, general principles of, 109-114 



mounting groups of, sec Groups 



mounting heads of, 163-178 



mounting medium 7 sized, 129-134 



mounting large, 135-149 



mounting small, 115-128 



mounting skeletons of, 289-293 



painting mounted, 254-255 



relaxing dry skins of, 102 



skeleton'./, ing, 273-279 



trapping and poisoning small, 18 



treatment of skins of small, 24-36 



treatment of skins of large, 37-45 

 Manikin, advantages of the, 141, 142 



how to construct the best, 142-149 



required for largest birds, 193 

 Maynard rifle, recommendation of the, 12, 



13, 15 

 Medallions, bird, by F. S. Webster, 225 



fish, 213 

 Measurements, of birds, 20, 48, 191 



of large mammals, 37-39 



of small mammals, 24 

 Medicines, collector's outfit of, 5, 6 

 Microscopic slides of insects' eggs, 311 

 Modeling an open mouth, 172-177 



-tools, 173 



Monkeys, treatment of, 43-44 

 Moose, group of, in National Museum, 247 

 Montana, natural accessories from, 247 

 Moth, destructiveness of the codling, 300 

 Moths in museum collections, 340, 341 



Mould, in insect collections, 344, 345 



precautions against, 61, 348 

 Moulds, gelatine, 265 



making "piece," 259-263 



making waste, 263-205 

 Mouth, expression of the, 171 



modeling the, 172 

 Muriatic acid, use of, 81, 88. 89 

 Museum, American, 109, 236, 249 



British, 235 

 , Comparative Zoology, 202, 203 



Government, at Madras, 208 



United (States National, 97, 109, 209, 221, 

 234, 235, 241, 251, 270, 343 



NAPHTHALINE crystals, use of, 335,342, 343 

 Neck -rons. 107, 130, 132, 138 



treatment of the, 60, 65, 159, 165, 166, 

 109, 195 



of a heron, 1 95 



of a trophy head, 159, 165 

 Needles, extra long, for sewing manikins, 



107 

 Nests, collecting, 91-93 



displaying, 94 

 Nets for insects, 320 

 Nose, treatment of the, 44 

 Nostrils, treatment of the, 169 

 Notes, field, 22 



OOLOGIST, outfit for an, 91 



work of an, 90-97 



" Oology of New England," 225, 353 

 Ophidire, 60, 202 

 Opossums, group of, 241 

 Orang utans, groups of, 231, 233 



treatment of, 43, 130 

 " Ornithologist and Oologist," 355 

 Ostrich, 61, 193 

 Outfit for collecting insects, 320-324 



for general collecting, 9 



of medicines, 6 



for an oologist, 91 



for sportsmen and travellers, 11 

 Outlines of dead animals, 22, 25 

 Owl, snowy, 192 



PACKING bird- skins, 56, 61 



corals, 82 



eggs, 97 



insects, 332-333 



skeletons, 291 



Painting finished specimens, 170, 218, 252- 

 258" 



materials, 252 



on papier-mache, 155 



plaster casts, 257 

 Papier-mache, how to make, 151-153 



rustic case made of, 223 



use of, 151, 154, 173, 246 

 Parasites, 73 



Passions, expression of the higher, 171 

 Pedestals, foe skeletons, 292 

 Pelican, 62 

 Peltries and furs, treatment of, 349 



