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"Davie's Methods in the Art of Taxidermy" 

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The whole work containing Five Hundrpd Figures clearly illustratlns: the modes ol procedure in 

 the art. together with examples of CharHcterlstlc Forms and Attitudes ot V'arlous species ot ti^e 

 Animal Kingdom, iDCludlng.Ueproducilons from Photographs of Actual Woi k ijy American Taxider- 

 mists. 



List of the Plates in Davie's "Methods in the Art of Taxidermy." 



60 C(i Forms and Attitudes of 



Miimmals. 1*^ tig. 

 fit Probosfls Monkey, 

 fi^i f'hlmpanzee's Head. Hands, 



and Feet. 4 flg. 

 (59 sewing up the Opening Cut 



in Heads with Horns, etc., etc. 



10 flg. 

 TO Designs tor Center-boards in 



Hesids, etc. 4 tig. 



71 Finished Mammal Heads in 

 rage, with mouth oper. 4 fig. 



72 MountHd Dog Heads. 7 fig. 

 7;! Huffaio Head. 



74 Head of Big-horn Sheep. 



75 Caribou Head. 



76 Elk Head. 



77 Moose Head. 



78 Steer Heads. 

 79-'5n Skinning and Mountlns- 



Tortoise, Snakes and Fishes. 



lOflET. 



81 Wiring in the Frog. 



52 Wiring In Crustaceans. 4 tig. 



53 Skeletonizing and Mounting 

 a Turtle. 3 fig. 



84 Snake and Lizard Attitudes. 

 3 tig. 



85 Quail Ciroup with Painted 

 BHckground in Convex (ilass. 



86 Trout Scene with Painted 

 Background in convex Glass. 



87 vvo\indedBlackbacked Oull. 

 SS Shoit-eared Owl in Gilded 



(,'reacent. 

 89 Making Casts. .■> tig. 



Frontispiece. Display Group 

 in the Author's Museum. 



PlATES. 



1-5 Instruments. 36 figures. 



6 Artlflclal Eyes, 36 tig-. 



7 Topography ot a Bird. 



8 Feathered Tracts and Un- 

 feathered Spaces in Birds, 2 tig 



9 Skeleton of an Eagle. 



10 Skinning a Bird. 9 tie. 



11 Returning the Sklu over the 

 Skull. 



12 Adjusting Feathers ol the 

 Head. 



1.3 Mounting a Bird, 14 flg 



14 Wiring and Poisoning the 



1.5 Finishing a Mounted Bird, 

 &c. ^ flg. 



16 winding the Plumage of 

 Birds, 3 flg. 



17 Removing Owl's Eyes, etc. 

 etc., 8 flg. 



18 Breast-cut Method of Mount- 

 Ine Birds, etc.. 7 flg. 



19 Variations and Exceptions 

 In Skinning Blid.s, 7 flg. 



20 I.,egs. Winers, etc., etc., 4 flg. 



21 Mounting Birds with Spread 

 Winjrs. 5 fig. 



22 New Method of Mounting 

 Long-necked Birds, h flg. 



23 Framework of the Ostrich. 



24 Mending Broken Bones of 

 Birds, 9 flg. 



2.5 Drying Forms for Birds, 3 fig 



26 Wrapiplng Skins for the cab- 

 inet. 2 fig. 



27 Models tor Bird Skins. 7 flg. 

 25 Ascertaining the Sexes ot 



Birds. 2 fig. 

 2'>-3i Forms and Attitudes of 



Birds. 51 flg. 

 41) American White-fronted 



Goose, in Thread Winding, 



41 Greater Yellow-legs, in Step- 

 ping Attitude, &c. 



42 cooper's Hawk. 



43 Oological Instruments, etc., 

 etc. 9 flg. 



44 Skinning Small Mammals. 

 6 flg 



Ah. 46 Wiring Small (Quadru- 

 peds. / flg. 



47 Sewing up the Opening In 

 Small (Juadrup da. 6 flg. 



48 Skins of Quadrupeds. 2 flg. 



49 Skeleton of a Greyhound. 

 511 Superflclal Muscles of the 



Horse and Dog. etc. 5 flg. 



51 Diagram for ObtalnlngMeas- 

 urementsoi Large Quadrupeds 

 etc etc. 



,^2-.54 'stages of Building the 

 Manikin and motmMng a (Grey- 

 hound >ipon the Dermoplastic 

 Method, etc. 6 flg. 



55 Frame-work for Mounting 

 the Elephant. 



56-59 Mounting of the Horse 

 upon the Dermoplastic Method 

 11 flg. 



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