CONTENTS. 



PEACTICAL TAXIDERMY. 



Preface 7 



Publishers' Announcement 8 



Chapter 1. 

 Outfitting 15 



Chapter II. 

 Camping 22 



Chapter III. 

 Travelling 30 



Chapter IV. 

 Trapping 33 



Chapter V. 

 Guns and Cases for Collecting 42 



Chapter VI. 

 Care of Guns 50 



Chapter VII. 



Collecting Animals 53 



Chapter VIII. 

 Preparing Animals' Skins for Mounting 59 



Chapter IX. 

 To Preserve a Biicli's Head for Mounting 65 



Chapter X, 

 Mounting Animals 76 



Chapter XI. 

 Preparing and Mounting Skeletons 86 



Chapter XII. 

 Collecting Birds 91 



Chapter XIII. 

 Preparing Bird Skins for Mounting 99 



Chapter XIV. 

 Mounting Birds with Closed Wings , 103 



Chapter XV. 

 Mounting Birds with Spread Wings 106 



Chapter XVI. 

 Mounting Dry Bird Skins 109 



Chapter XVII. 

 Medallion Heads 112 



Chapter XVIII. 

 Mounting Specimens on Shields 113 



Chapter XIX. 

 Dressing Bird Skins 117 



VII 



