6o 



METHODS IN THE ART OF TAXIDERMY. 



for $15.00. It is suitable for the amateur and sportsman, in the field 

 as well as at home ; is compact, convenient and very easily transported 

 from place to place. 



1 12-ineh scissor-shaped stuffing forceps. 



1 6.1-inch stuffing forceps. 



1 ")-in('h spring forceps. 



1 o-inch spring forceps, fine. 



1 ;>-inch s[)ring forcejis. 



1 (j-iuch tlat-uoscd pliers. 



1 .")-iiH'li llat-noscd pliers. 



1 4-inch llat-nosed pliers. 



1 medium scalpel. 



1 large scalpel. 



1 pair fine scissors. 



1 pair curved scissors. 



1 pair shears. 



1 5-inch Hall's cutting pliers. 



1 o-inch cutters. 

 () curved needles. 



2 files. 



r vise and needle. 



1 hooks and chain. 



2 brain spoons. 

 1 oil-stone. 



With the addition of a half dozen large skinning knives (Plate I, 

 Fig. 5), four cartilage knives, needles, thread, tape measure, two-foot 

 rule, poisons, note book, labels, etc., you are well enough equipped 

 to collect large numbers of skins and rough skeletons of any of the 

 mammals or birds which exist on the North American continent. 

 For the sportsman-naturalist who takes an occasional trip for speci- 

 mens and desires to skin and preserve the trophies of a day's hunt, 

 the cases of instruments figured in Plate V are as handy as anything 

 of their kind. Fig. 1, for instance, costs $5.00 and contains the fol- 

 lowing: 



1 cartilage knife. 



1 scali)cl. 



1 brain sjxjon. 



1 pair line scissors. 



1 pr()l)e. 



4 curved needles. 



1 5-inch forceps. 



A dissecting case which can be purchased for $3.50 will be found 



serviceable at home and in the field. It contains : 



1 cartilage knife. 



1 scalpel. 



1 pair of scissors. 



