Guide to Taxidermy 



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CHAP. XI 



Sizes «nd Colors of Eyes---Wire 



Glass eyes are used to replace the natural ones 

 in all mounted work. You can get eyes of any 

 dealer in naturalists supplies. We can recommend 

 the goods sold by those mentioned in the last few 

 pages in this book. 



The eyes of different specimens vary very great- 

 ly in size^ color and shapes of the pupil. All birds 

 have a round black pupil and a uniformly colored 

 iris; animals may have a round, elongated or verti- 

 cal pupil and usually have the iris veined; fish 

 have an irregvilar shaped pupil and the iris gold or 

 silver with darker streaks. 



For convenience, dealers list eyes under three 

 styles: Style 1 has the j^upil round and the iris 

 any plain color or even clear glass. These are used 

 for all birds. Style 2 may have a round or elong- 

 ated pupil and has the iris veined. Style 3 is the 

 same as Style 2 but has white corners. Either 2 

 or 3 are used for animals. 



