220 GuiDK TO Taxidermy 



CHAP, xn 



Stands, Stumps, Rock, Foliage 

 Etc. 



Stands for specimens intended as ornamental or 

 decorative can be made as fancy as you wish. If 

 you are making a scientific collection, either have 

 all the specimens on severely plain mounts or, if 

 you have plenty of room, try to make your case 

 work so near natural as to defy detection. 



A large collection of birds looks very well mount- 

 ed on plain T perches for the perching birds, and 

 flat boards for all others; the stands being all uni- 

 form leave nothing to attract the attention from 

 the specimens, which of course are the main ob- 

 jects of a collection. 



Our preference for a scientific collection is to 

 have each group (male, female and young) on one 

 stand, either a stump or suitable twig rising from a 

 round, white base with no foliage. On following 

 page is a group taken from our collection of Wor- 

 cester County Birds. If vou have an abundance 



