r2 METHODS IN THE ART OF TAXIDERMY. 



of Uirpeniiiie and ^ood japan-drzcr. The most suitable pigments to be 

 kept on hand are lampblack^ white /^^^ ground in oil, vermilion, burnt 

 umber, chrome yellow, yellow ochre, Venetian red, etc., all of which 

 will be found useful from time to time. These can be obtained in the 

 dry state or ground in oil — the former condition probably being the 

 best for the taxidermist. With these materials a great variety of colors 

 can be produced, although only a few will be found ordinarily service- 

 able. For mixing black paint, take a small quantity of linseed oil, add 

 japan-drier in the proportion of one gill to a quart of paint, then 

 thicken with lampblack to a pro23er consistency. For second coat tur- 

 pentine may largely take the place of the oil unless the work is to be 

 exposed to the weather, in which case turpentine should not be used. 

 For mixing white paint, thin white lead to a proper consistency with 

 turpentine, using no oil after the priming coat. Give two or three 

 coats and finish with varnish mixed with a small quantity of the white 

 paint. Let this coat of color-and-varnish, as it is called, have time to 

 dry, then polish with pulverized pumice-stone and water, in the man- 

 ner hereafter described. 



Tints.— In mixing tints the body color — that is, the one that pre- 

 dominates over the others used — must be first secured, then the other 

 colors may be gradually stirred in. Experience will teach the neces- 

 sary quantities of these to be added in order to produce the desired 

 tint. It should be remembered that the finer the quality of the mixing 

 pigments, the better will be the effect sought for. The following tints 

 may be produced by the use of the annexed colors. The body-color is 



the first mentioned : 



Gray— White lead, aud lampblack. 



liuff— White, and yellow oi-hrc 



Pearl — White, black, aud blue. 



Orange — Red, aud yellow. 



Violet— Red, blue, aud white. 



Purple — Violet, red, aud white. 



Olive — Yellow, blue, black, aud white. 



Chestnut— Red, black, aud yellow. 



Flesh — White, yellow ochri', and veniiiliou. 



Fawu — White, yellow, aud ltd. 



Chocolate — Raw iindicr, red, aud black. 



Drab — White, raw aud imruf uuiIht. 



Pea Green — White, aud chionie green. 



Copper— Red, yellow, aud black. 



Lemon — White, aud yellow. 



Pink— W^hite, vermilion, and lake. 



Cream— White, and yellow. 



Straw— White, and chrome yellow. 



Lilac -White, and violet. 



