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In one 4to volume, silk cloth, gilt top, uncut edges, i us. 6d. 



METHODS in the Art of TAXIDERMY, 



Author of " Nests and Eggs of North American Birds" &c. 



" Containing ninety full-page Engravings, over five hundred figures 

 minutely illustrating the most practical methods practised in the art. It 

 teaches in detail, step by step, the skinning and stuffing of birds, mammals, 

 crustaceans, fishes and reptiles, together with illustrations of forms and 

 attitudes of the animal kingdom. The text is by OLIVER DAVIE, who 

 has made Taxidermy his life study and profession ..... The illus- 

 trations were drawn by the eminent Bird and Mammal Artist, Theodore 

 Jasper, A.M., M.D., whose experience in the art of Taxidermy extends 

 over a period of fifty years ..... Among these engravings are in- 

 cluded reproductions from photographs of actual work by American 

 Taxidermists." 



Copies of this magnificent work (price 1 Us. 6d., carriage paid) 

 may be had from H. K. SWANN, 10, Harrington Street, Regent's 

 Park, London. 



Price 33. 6d., cr. 8vo, cloth, gilt lettered, with frontispiece. 

 Edition limited to 250 copies. 



NATURE IN ACADIE, 



BY H. K. SWANN, 



Attthor of " The Birds of London" &c. 



To those who delight in the study and observation of Nature, this 

 book, the account of the voyage of a Naturalist to Nova Scotia, will be ac- 

 ceptable ; to the Nature-lover as well as the Naturalist, for the work is 

 essentially a record of observations of birds, animals, insects and the many 

 forms of life with which Nature has enriched the vast region of forest, lake 

 and mountain, known as Eastern Canada. The descriptive portions of 

 the book picture vividly the aspect and denizens of the great primeval 

 wilderness, while the Appendix provides a systematic list of the birds 

 mentioned in the work, the nomenclature according with that of the 

 "check list" issued by the American Ornithologists' Union. 



Copies, price 3s. 6d., post free, may be obtained from the Author, 

 10, Harrington Street, Regent's Park, London. 



