PLATE LXXXIIl. 



MOUNTING AND SKELETONIZING A TURTLE IN A SINGLE SPECIMEN. 



This i)l;ite illust rates a raetluxl of preparing a turtle so as to exhibit one iiide of 

 the auinial mounted as sliown in Fig. 1 ; and tlie entire bony structure in the same 

 specimen preserved intaet as in Fig. 2; Fig. 3, shows how the ])lastron is divided in 

 order to expose the interior. This is an excellent method when it i.:> desirable to 

 preserve tiie skeleton and at the same time exhibit the exterior peculiarities of rare 

 turtles. tSee page 311. 



