CHAPTERS. 



HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. 



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CHAPTER I. 



INSTRUMENTS. MATERIALS, WORKSHOP, ETC, 



CHAPTER II. 



PRESERVATIVES, POISONS AND COMPOUNDS USED IN TAXIDERMY; THEIR PREPARA- 

 TION AND THEIR GENERAL USES IN THE ART; TOGETHER WITH OTHER 



INFORMATION OF VALUE. 



CHAPTER III. 



COLLECTING SPECIMENS IN GENERAL; SEASONS; FIELD EQUIPMENTS; CARE AND 



TREATMENT OF SPECIMENS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



SKINNING AND MOUNTING BIRDS. 



CHAPTER V. 



THE MAKING UP OF BIRDS' SKINS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



CLEANING BIRDS' FEATHERS; RELAXING SKINS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



HINTS ON THE FORMS AND ATTITUDES OF BIRDS; ACCESSORIES; GROUPING, ETC. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



COLLECTING BIRDS' NESTS AND EGGS. 



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