METHODS IN THE ART OF TAXIDERMY. 2; 



that you desire the sizes figured iu this work. You will then receive 

 exactly what you order. Most eyes come attached to wires, as seen in 

 Figs. H and K. 



Nos. to 27, it will be observed, have a round, black pupil ; the color 

 of the iris of these is extremely variable, being carmine, yellow, straw, 

 white, green, blue, brown, reddish-brown, and dark hazel. 



These are the kind used for birds, and they are the plainest for 

 mammals, except the entirely black eye, which is often substituted for 

 the colored ones, both in mammals and in birds, when the iris is of so 

 dark a hazel or brown that it can scarcely be distinguished from black. 

 This is the case in a large number of the smaller birds, as the Titmice, 

 Creepers, Wrens, Warblers, Tanagers, Swallows, Finches, and many of 

 the larger species. The plain black eye, for instance, is commonly in- 

 serted in the Barred Owl ; its proper color, however, is blue-black. The 

 same may be said of the Barn Owl. Of the mammals, in which the 

 plaiu black eye is generally used, except when the subject is albino, 

 I may mention the Weasel, Mink, Skunk, Raccoon, all of the squirrels. 

 Ground Hog, Gray Rabbit, Opossum, and the Black Bear. Sometimes 

 our sensibilities are shocked upon seeing a solid black eye in a mounted 

 deer's head. Solid black eyes, it should be understood, can be obtained 

 in any of the sizes given, but they should never be substituted if there 

 is a distinctly visible tint in the iris of the specimen for which they 

 are intended. 



So far as my experience goes, the most convenient glass eye for the 

 taxidermist to use is the clear flint eye, which, with tube colors and var- 

 nish, can be painted any color to suit the eyes of the subject' in hand. 



In the grade with the round, black pupil, the sizes range from Nos. 

 to 27 ; in those of the clear, transparent kind, used for various mam- 

 mals with round pupil and ivhite corners.^ the sizes range from Nos. G 

 to 27 ; elongated pupils in the clear glass have Nos. G to 27 ; in the 

 irregular pupil, for fish, the sizes range from Nos. 6 to 24. 



For any animal in which there is a preternatural whiteness of the 

 feathers or hair, and a peculiar pinkness of the iris and pupil of the eye, 

 the albino glass eye should, of course, be used. The albino eyes can 

 be obtained in sizes from Nos. 1 to 17 in the plain round style, and from 

 Nos. 18 to 27 with white corners. 



Figure A in our plate represents an eye with elongated pupil and 

 plain iris. The sizes in this style range from 16 to 27, and the colors of 

 iris are brown, and a very light brown suitable for deer, elk, moose, cari- 

 bou, goat, sheep, etc. A finer quality is represented by Fig. B, elon- 

 gated pupil, veined green, yellow, straw or brown iris. They can be 



