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. tVc. 



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

 tains 463 pages. 



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

 work. You know a realty 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 contains the iatroduction the origin atul progress of Taxidermv, tievoling 18 

 pages to the historical side of the subject. 



Chapter 3 describes the tools used in Taxidermy and Modelliog, giving a photo engraved 

 plate of S.") kinds. 



Chapter 3 is one of the most important, to many, in the book containing full histruclions 

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

 •ation which any Taxidermist would (juickly give $10 for alone we are sure. Eightytive for- 

 mulas for making almost everything one is apt to need in mounting any Natural History object. 



Chapter 4 contains minnte instructions for collecting Mammals, Birds and other verte- 

 brates and invertebrates. Very instructive to any who shoot. 



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

 ary methods also their reproduction by casting and modelling in paper. Horned Heads, the 

 preparation of skeletons and the Tanning of skins. 



Chapter 6 contains ."iO pages on skinning and setting up bii'ds, the cleaning of feathers, 

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

 Scientitie Principles, Relaxings of skins itc 



Chapter 7 treats of Reptiles, Ainphibians and Fishes, shinning of. and setting up of, by 

 various methods that are conceded to be the best at the present diy, Raproduetion in Plaster 

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



Chapter 8 treats of Invertebrates as the casting of a Sepia, the casting and modelling of a 

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



(jhapter 9 is given up to casting and modeling from natural foliage, flnwers, fruits. alg:c 

 fungi, etc. and their reprodution in praelically indestructible materials Eighty-five pages arc 

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



Chai)ter 10 devotes about hO pages ti> the mounting of animals and birds singly and in 

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

 es, seaweeds, &c. and modelled foliage. How to make rock work, trees, &c. 



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

 idermy. 



tiuite a large number of fine 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 line 

 arts. The time is fast approaching when we shall have really noted Taxidermists as we have 

 artists and scnlpters of world wide fame. And it will only be those who eagerly rea?h out 

 after all new facts and (|uickly utilize theui, that will reach the top. 



Our Special Offer: To every one who win send us $6.50 for a copy before April 

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

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



Address at once, 



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



