IV CONTENTS. 



Chapter VI. How to Make a Birdskin, 68 



A. The Regular Process (§3G), 58 — B. Special Processes; Complications 

 and Accideiits (§^7),10. — §38. Size, 70.— §39. Shape, 73. — §40. Thin 

 Skin; Loose Plumage, 75.— §41. Fatness, 75.— §42. Blood-stains, 

 ETC., 77.— §43. Mutilation, 79. — §44. Decomposition, 80. — §45. 

 How to Mount Birds, 82. 



Chapter VII. Miscellaneous Particulars, 93 



§46. Determination of Sex, 93.— §47. Recognition of Age, 94.— §48. 

 Examination of Stomach, 95.— §49. Restoration of Poor Skins, 

 96.- §50. Mummification, 97.— §51. Wet Preparations, 97. — §52. 

 osteological preparations, 98.— §.53. nests and eggs, 100. 



Chapter VIII. Caue of a Collkction, 106 



§54. Well Preserved Specimens, lOG.— §55. Insect Pests, IOC— §56. 

 Cases for Storage or Transportation, 107.— §57. Cabinets, 108. 

 — §58. To Destroy Bugs. 110.— §59. Two Items, 111. 

 Appendix, Additions and Corrections, 113 



CHECK LIST. 



List of Birds of North America, 1 



Extinct Species, 119 



Appendix, Additions and Corrections, 123 



