IlsTIDEX: 



LIST OF FAMILIES. 



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Thrushes 1 



Dippers LS 



Nightingales ly 



Stone Chats— Bluebirds 19 



Flycatching Thrushes 21 



Sylvias 23 



Wren-tits 25 



Titmice— Chickadees 26 



Nuthatches 32 



Creepers {Certhiidse.) 35 



Wrens 36 



Wagtails 42 



Warblers ., 4.i 



Vireos ". 70 



Shrikes 77 



Waxwings 78 



Swallows 79 



Creepers {Caerebidx.) 82 



Tanagers 82 



Collecting Birds' Eggs 85 



TAXIDERMY. 



Cabinets 92 



Choice of Guns, Ammunition, etc 93 



Measuring Specimens 94 



Instruments and Materials 95 



Arsenical Sohition 95 



Skinning Birds 96 



Sewing Wings in Place 99 



Filling Skins 99 



Removing Blood and Grease from Skins 101 



Rendering Feathers Insect Proof 102 



How to Soften Dry Skins 102 



Mounting Birds with Closed Wings 104 



Long-necked Birds 110 



Mounting Birds with Spread Wings Ill 



Miscellaneous Recipes, &c 114 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Insect Nets n7 



Forceps 117 



Cyanide Bottle 118 



Setting Board 118 



Cabinets and Cases II9 



Pinning Insects, &c 120 



Beetles or Coleoptera 120 



Bugs or Hemiptera 121 



Grasshoppers, Crickets, etc., or Orthoptera 122 



Butterflies and Moths or Lepidoptera 122 



Dragon-flies, etc., or Neuroptera 124 



Bees, Wasps, etc., or Hjmaenoptera 124 



Flies, Mo.squitoes, etc., or Diptera 125 



Relaxing Insects 125 



127 



