[Proceedinga United States National Museum. Appendix.] 

 SMITHSONIAN^ INSTITUTION. 



XJlSriTED STA.TES IST ^ T I O IS" A. L MIXJSEXJM:. 



No. 12. 



CI^ASSIFICATION OF THE COI^IiFCTIOIV TO Ilil^lJSTBATK THX! 

 ART OF TAXIOSRMlf. (58, B. t.)* 



By l^ltriAM T. HORNADAY. 



Tools, Materials, and Accessories. 



A. Tools used by taxidermists. 



(1) For skinning animals. 



(2) For cleaning skins. 



(3) For carving wooden skulls, bones, etc. 



(4) For drilling and boring. 



(5) In building manikins. 



(G) For inserting fibrous filling-materials. 

 (7) In setting eyes and modeling generally. 



B. Materials used. 



(1) Preservatives and protectives for skins. 



(2) Iron supports. 



(3) Fibrous filling-materials. 



(4) Plastic filling-materials. 



(5) Materials for repairing and restoring. 



(6) Specimens of repairing work. 



(7) Coloring-materials and appliances. 



(8) Materials for removing grease, dirt, and blood from feathers 



and hair, 

 c. Accessories. 



(1) Glass eyes. 



(2) Artificial leaves. 



(3) Artificial ground- work : water, ice, snow, rock, and wood. 



(4) Artificial perches, trees, and pedestals. 



* Division VIII. Intellectual Occupations of Mankind. 

 Class 58. The Graphic, Plastic, and Decorative Arts. 

 Section B. Taxidermy, and animal modeling. 

 Subsection 1. Taxidermy. 



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