862 



INDEX. 



titcganopodcs, 62 



Straw, use of, 129, 13:2, 133, 205, 207 



Struthiones, treatment of, 01 



Strychnine, 18, 345 



" Sugaring " to capture insects, 320 



Nuiihe, 10:! 



Swan, 64, 05 



Sweat-box, for relaxing skins, 180 



TARLE groups, 224 

 Tail, wiring the, 118, 132 



attitude of, 120. 172 



treatment of a bird's, 54, 11)0 

 Taxidermy, ornamental, 219-229, 250 



possibilities in, 149, 222, 224, 250 



common faults in, 109 

 Taxidermist, 53 



materials necessary for, 100-101 



requirements in successful, 104, 108, 154 



tools necessary for, 100 

 Taxidermists, Society of American, 231 



organization of, 232 



exhibitions of, 227 



gifts by, 219 



prizes awarded by, 141, 195, 222, 223, 

 224 



productions of, 219 

 Teeth, how to clean, 176. 206 

 Temperance, value of habits of, 

 Thread, 108 



Tiger, facial expression of, 171-172 

 ' Till the Doctor Comes," 6 

 Tin, sheet, in cars, 107 

 Tiuca, 340 



Tongue, treatment of the, 174-176, 206 

 Tools, for bird taxidermist, 183 



for general taxidermist, 100 

 Tools, for oologist, 91 



for professional collector, 9 



for traveller and sportsman, 11 



Tow, use of, 147, 187, 207, 211 

 Trappers, directions for, 314 

 Trapping mammals, 19 

 Turpentine, use of, in cleaning feathers, 65, 

 198-201 



in painting, 114 

 Turtles, collecting, 08-70 



mounting, 200-207 



skeletons of, 294 



UMBRELLA, use of, in catching insects, 321 



VARNISH cutter, 347 

 Hendley's enamel, 346 



WALL cases, 220-223 



Ward, Professor Henry A. , 226, 234 



first large mammal group ordered by, 232 

 Ward, Henry L., West Indian seals col- 

 lected by, 2 

 Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 136, 



204, 231 



Water, artificial, 220 



Wax, use of, in mouth modeling, 170-177 

 Webster, Frederic S., 181), 204, 219, 228, 

 232, 233 



bird medallions by, 225-226 



prize won by, 195, 224 



" Wounded Heron." by, 224 

 Weight of animals, 39 

 Wicker sheimer solution, 347 

 Winding a mounted bird, 189-190 

 Wing, treatment of the, 59, 188 

 Wings, spread, mounting birds with, 194 

 Wire, how to anneal iron, 116 

 Wire supports for mammals, 131 



supports ior birds, lt'3 

 Wiring a bird, 184-186 



a small mammal, 110-120 

 Wood duck, by F. S. Webster, 233 



