Index 



215 



Materials, 203-8 

 alum, 208 

 asbestos, 209 

 casting compound, 209 

 conduit pipe, 204 

 dextrin, 209 

 Formalin, 206 

 glycerin, 208 

 plaster, 204 

 plastic, 205, 209 

 resin, 205 

 sisal, 204 

 steric acid, 208 

 sterine, 208 

 synthetic casting, 209 

 whiting, 208 

 woven glass, 204 

 Mold 



big-game fishes, 198 



chisel chipping of, 47 



color in, 47 



crating, 181, 182, 195 



drying, 23 



edges, cleaning, 34 



field, in the, 179-82, 196 



fins, areas of, 43-45 



fish, removing from, 31, 179, 180 



setting in plaster, 195 

 four-piece, 15, 175 

 half 



pouring plaster, 95 



rear, 41 



skin mount, 93-95, 97-99 



wax cast, 49 

 halves 



securing, 69 



separating, 22, 27, 31, 64, 65 



wiring, 31, 34 

 head, 147 



keys, 17, 19, 26, 27, 29 

 mouth, open, 24, 26, 78 

 one-piece, 194 

 plaster, 14, 17, 19, 25 

 plaster casts, 46 

 plastic cast, removal, 70 

 preparing for cast, 38, 41 

 rear side, cutting, 23 

 receptacles for, 36 

 reinforcing, 22, 29, 33, 35, 176, 179, 



194, 195 

 repairing, 38 

 shelf, 17, 19, 21, 31 

 shelves, cleaning, 41 



shipping, 191 



show side, 34, 41 



two-piece, 15, 30, 31, 33, 41, 49, 54, 

 194 



wall side, 45 



wax, for, 49 

 Molding 



field,' in the, 31, 32, 35, 175-80, 

 182, 194 



fins, 27-29 



home, 31, 35-37 



laboratory, 31, 36, 37 



plaster, 14, 15, 18, 21 

 per fish, 193 

 per type of fish, 193 



preparations before, 16-17 



receptacles for, 36 



skin, filling before, 35, 36 



tracing fish before, 36 

 Mounts 



body curvatures, 186 



color, 188 



criteria, 188 



eye, 186-88 



fin, 186 



head, 146, 147 



mouth, 186 



museum, 190 



old specimen, 190 



painting, 188 



repairing, 200-202 



skin, 81 

 Mouth 



criteria, 187 



mold, 24, 26, 78 



open, 10 



plastic cast of, 71, 79 

 Museums 



amateur, 159, 161 



exhibits, amateur, 170, 171 



field work, 188, 189 



fish mounts, 185 



history, 183-85 



methods, 31 



natural history, 172 



Notes 



color of fishes, 3, 7, 16 



field, 4 



markings on fishes, 7 



Outlines 



burnt in wood, 125-28 



