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Index 



Eye, criteria, 187 



Field 



collecting, 161-63 



crating, 181, 182, 195 



fins, care of, 196-98 



laboratory, 193 



molding, 31, 32, 35, 175-81, 194- 



96 

 notes, 4 



observation, 199 

 preparation, 193 

 seining, 161 

 sketches, 4 

 skinning, 12 

 specimens 



care of, 3, 199 



preserving, 8, 168 



protecting, 4 



wrapping, 4 

 work, professional, 172, 174-77, 



188, 189, 192 

 Fins 



anchoring, 55 

 artificial, 55, 58 

 base, 30 

 carved, 56 

 cast, 56 



Celluloid, 47, 52, 55 

 criteria, 187 

 curvatures of, 187 

 field, in the, 196-98 

 mold, 74 



areas in, 43-45 

 molding, 27-29 



preparations before, 16, 25 

 mounts, repairs on, 200, 201 

 originals, drying, 100 

 painting, 109 

 plaster, 47 

 plastic, 55, 73-77 



cutting, 71 

 position of, 187 

 wax, 52, 53, 55 

 Formalin 



definition of, 206 



jars, display, 169, 170 



neutralizer, 168 



odor dispenser, 81, 168, 207, 210 



packing, 8 



receptacles, 10, 11, 169, 170, 192 



shipping, 8, 10 



solutions, 10, 206, 207 



specimens 



care of, 207 



display, 160, 168, 170 



packing, 193 



permanent storage of, 168 



preparation of, 166, 167 



preserving in, 165, 166 

 Formulas, 203, 209-11 

 casting compound, 211 

 Formalin odor dispenser, 210 

 glue-glycerin, 211 

 separator in casting, 210 

 synthetic casting material (plastic 



or resin), 209, 210 

 wax 



brushing into mold, 210 



pouring into mold, 210 

 Freezing, frozen specimens, 6-8, 12, 



13,35 



Glass eye 



in cast, 48 



painting, 78, 115 



setting into plastic cast, 74 

 Glycerin 



definition of, 208 



glue, formula, 211 



Heads 



cast, 147, 148 



preserved, 142-45 



mold, 147 



mounted, 146-48 



mounts, repair on, 201, 202 

 Hypodermic syringe, 10 



Keys (V-shaped), mold, shelf of, 17, 

 19, 26, 27, 29 



Lacquer 



painting, 113-15 

 preserved heads, 145 

 separator, 25, 26 

 Letter opener 

 bills 



marlin, 156 

 sailfish, 156 

 preparation, 157, 158 



Mai kings 

 notes on, 7 

 photos for, 9 



