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strips of wood, closing the groove below. Into this cork 

 is thrust the pin on which the insect is mounted. An- 

 other strip of wood is fastened to the lower sides of the 

 cleats to which the two strips are nailed. This serves 



as a bottom and protects 

 the points of the pins which 

 project through the piece of 

 cork. The wings are held 

 down, after having been out- 

 spread with the hinder mar- 

 gins of the fore wings about 

 at right angles to the body, 

 by strips of paper pinned 

 down over them. 



' * Soft specimens ' ' such as 

 insect larvae, myriapods, and 

 spiders should be preserved 

 in bottles of alcohol (85 per 

 cent). Nests, galls, stems, 

 and leaves partly eaten by 

 insects, and other dry speci- 

 mens can be kept in small 

 pasteboard boxes. 



For a good and full ac- 

 count of insect-collecting and 

 preserving, with directions 

 for making insect-cases, etc. , 

 see Comstock's "Insect 

 Life," pp. 284-314. 



Birds. In collecting 

 birds, shooting is chiefly to be relied on. Use dust-shot 

 (the smallest shot made) in small loads. For shooting 

 small birds it is extremely desirable to have an auxiliary 

 barrel of much smaller bore than the usual shotgun which 

 can be fitted into one of the regular gun-barrels. In such 



FIG. 171. Setting-board with butter- 

 flies properly "spread." (After 

 Comstock. ) 



