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METHODS J/V THE ART OF TAXIDERMY. 



from any photographic pictures that may be produced, as in our Plates 

 LXXXV and LXXXVI. 



The true artist in these pieces can surround his mounted speci- 

 mens with all the images of creation. Those beautiful realities, the 

 rivers, the mountains, the trees, the green prairie, the sky and the sea, 

 can be worked in as backgrounds from the rich treasury of colors of 

 the palette. 



The convex glasses have flat corners and fit nicely into a frame. 

 The sizes range from 10x14 inches, for birds the size of a quail, 

 woodcock, etc., to 22 x 28 inches for large gulls, ducks, hawks, 

 owls, etc. 



