THh MUSEUM. 



ARTISTIC and SCIENTIFIC 



Taxidermy and Modelling. 



A manual of instruction in the methods of preserving and reproducing the 

 correct form of all natural objects, including a chapter on the modelling of foliage 

 by Montagul Brown, F. G. S. F. L. S. &c. 



This excellent work which has but recently been issued is 8vo cloth and con- 

 tains 463 pages. 



It is absolutely indispensible to every TaxiderviisI who wishes to do extra nice 

 work. You know a really nice piece of work is the best advertisement a taxidermist 

 has. New discoveries are constantly being made in this as well as other lines and 

 you must "keep up with the procession" or you will surely get behind. 



Note some of the contents: 



Chapter 1 coQtains the iatroilnction the origia and progress of Taxidermv, devoting 18 

 pages to the historical siile of the subject. 



Chapter 3 describes llie tools used in Faxidermy and Modelling, giving a photo engraved 

 plate of 55 kinds 



Chapter 3 is one of the most important, to many, in the book containing full instrm-iiDns 

 on making Narcotisinar. Killing and Preservative mediums, &c. Seventy pages full of inform- 

 ation which any Taxidermist wonid quickly give $10 for alone we are sure. Kighty tive for- 

 mulas for making almost evervthiiig one is apt to need iu mounting any Natural History object 



Chapter 4 con aius niiunte instructions for collecting Mammals, Birds and other verte- 

 brates and invertebrates. Very instructive to any who shoot. 



Chapter 5. Sixty pages is devoted to the skinning and setting up of Mammals by ordin- 

 ary methods also their reprod'iction by casting and modelling in paper. Horned Heaifs. the 

 preparation of skeletons and the Tanning of skins 



Chapter 6 contains .50 pages on skinning and setting up birds, the cleaning of feathers, 

 making a ' skin." mounting with either hard or soft bodies, modeling and setting up of birds on 

 Scientific Principles, Relaxings of skins itc 



Chapter 7 treats of Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes, shinning of, and setting up of by- 

 various methods that are (conceded to be the best at the present diy, R ^proilnclion in Plaster 

 by various methods. Over 70 pages are devoted to above, a large part of which relates to Kish 



Chapter 8 treats of Invertebrate-i as the casting of a Sepia, the casting and modelling <>f a 

 caterpillar, making a model of a block of stone showing fossils, etc 



Chapter 9 is given up to cast'ug and modeling from natural foliage, fl wers, fruits, alga' 

 fungi, etc. and their reprodution in practically indestructible materials Eight^jtive pages are 

 devoted to these important topical. Many more valuable recipes given. 



Chapter 10 devotes about .50 pages to the mounting of animals and birds singly and in 

 groups in an artistic manner with modeled roekwork, trees, &c . natural grasses, ferns, moss- 

 es, seaweeds, &o. and luodelled foliage. How to make rock work, trees, tkc. 



The whole is concluded with a Bibliography of works treating wholly or in part on Tax- 

 idermy. 



Quite a large number of tine half-tone full page plates are shown, making the work attrac- 

 tive. 



_ We believe the above work will till a long felt want and in some cases open up to the Tax- 

 idermist new fields of labor which he is sure to find profitable. Coming as it does from across 

 the ocean, being published by Adams & Black of London, Naturalists can rest assured it con- 

 tains the latest and most reliable information on a subject that today ranks as one of the tine 

 arts. The time is fast approaching when we shall have really noted Fa-xiuekmists us we have 

 artists and sculptors of world wide fame And it will only be those who eagerly reaih out 

 after all new facts and quickly utilize them, that will reach the top. 



Our Special Offer: To every one who will send us $6 50 for a copy before April 

 20, 1897, we will present free a years subscription to .the Museum and one of our Handy Or- 

 nithologist and Oologists Manuals. These are all "indispensible" to every active collector. 



Address at once, 



WALTER r. WEBB, Mgr., Albion, N. Y. 



