CONTENTS 



CHAPTER II. 



PAOB 



Arrival at Antigua Dominica Frogs and Humming-birds Martinico 

 Diamond rock Barbadoes Quashiand Venus The Alien Bill 

 Sail for Demerara More about the Sloth Scarlet Grosbeak 

 Crab-eating Owl Sun-heron Feet of the Tinamou Vampires 

 again The Karabimiti Humming-bird The Monkey tribe The 

 Red Howler Roast monkey The Nondescript Altered physi- 

 ognomy Gold and silver mines Changes of Government Politics 

 India-rubber An ingenious deception 310334 



ON PRESERVING BIRDS FOR CABINETS OF NATURAL 

 HISTORY. 



Faults in bird-stuffing Tools required Knowledge of anatomy- - 

 Attitudes of birds Flow of the plumage How to skin a bird- 

 Inserting cotton Killing wounded birds Stuffing a hawk The 

 first incision The skin to be pushed, not pulled Arrangement of 

 wings Modelling the body Spreading the tail Constant attention 

 required Strength and elasticity Value of corrosive sublimate 

 Experience and patience 335 350 



EXPLANATORY INDEX 351494 



TAXIDERMY 495510 



INDEX ... . 511-5^0 



