HLATK III. 



IXSTRUMENTS. 



Fig-. 1, Hall's coiupouud lever nippers; best cuttiug pliers tor the general use of the 



taxidermist, the most useful sizes beiug o and 7 inches. 

 Fig. 2, tlat-uosed i^liers, used in taxidermy for bending and clinching wire, etc. 

 Fig. 3, hand- vice for holding wire wliile filing sharp points thereon. 

 Fig. 4, spring forceps, for ]ilaeing filling in necks of the smaller Inrds, etc., best size 



5 inches. 

 Fig. •"), surgeon's bone forceps, used for detaching the legs and necks of turtles and 



small quadrupeds ; also handy in skinning fishes. 

 Fig. 6, straight and curved surgeon's needles. 

 Fig. 7, bobbin of soft thread fur winding the feathers of birds; obtained at cotton 



mills, technically called cops. 



