THE OOLOGIST. 



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Announcement 



"Davie's Methods in the Art of Taxidermy" 

 will appear this month. 



At last this great illustrated Subscription work will be delivered to Its subscribers in one royal 

 octavo volume, superblv and substantially nound in silk cloth. Each copy encased in a box. 

 The work will be national in its character, with 



NINETY FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS, 



c^efly drawn by -^ THEODORE JASPER, A. M. M. D. 



The whole work containing Five Hundred Figures clearly illustrating the modes of procedure in 

 the art. together with examples of Characteristic Forms and Attitudes of Various Species of tr-e 

 Animal Kingdom, including Reproductions from Photographs of Actual Work by American Taxider- 

 mists. 



List of the Plates in Davie's "Methods in the Art of Taxidermy." 



Frontispiece. Display Group 

 in the Author's Museum. 



Plates. 

 1-5 Instruments, 36 figures. 



6 Artificial Eyes, 36 fig-. 



7 Topography of a Bird. 



8 Feathered Tracts and Un- 

 feathered Spaces in Birds, 2 fig 



9 Skeleton of an Eagle. 



10 Skinning a Bird . 9 fig-. - 



11 Returning the Skin over the 

 Skull. 



12 Adjusting Feathers of the 

 Head. 



13 Mounting a Bird, H tig 



• 14 Wiring and Poisoning the 

 Tarsus. 



15 Finishing a Mounted Bird, 

 &c. 5 fig. 



16 Winding the Plumage of 

 Birds, 3 fig. 



17 Removing Owl's Eyes, etc. 

 etc., 8 tig. 



18 Breast-cut Method of Mount- 

 ing Birds, etc., 7 fig. 



19 Variations and Exceptions 

 in SkinniDg Birds, 7 fig. 



20 Legs. Wings, etc.. etc., 4 fig. 



21 Mounting Birds with Spread 

 Wings, 5 fig. 



22 Hew Method of Mounting 

 Long-necked Birds, 5 fig. 



23 Framework of the Ostrich. 



24 Mending Broken Bones of 

 Birds, 9 fig. 



25 Drying Forms for Birds, 3 fig 



26 Wrapping Skins for the Cab- 

 inet. 2 tig. 



27 Models for Bird Skins. 7 fig. 

 23 Ascertaining the Sexes of 



Birds. 2 fig. 

 29-3* Forms and Attitudes of 

 Birds. 51 fig. 



40 American White-fronted 

 Goose, in Thread Winding, 



41 Greater Yellow-legs, in Step- 

 ping Attitude, &c. 



42 cooper's Hawk. 



43 Oological Instruments, etc.. 

 etc. 9 fig. 



44 Skinning Small Mammals. 

 6 fig 



45. 46 Wiring Small Quadru- 

 peds. / fig. 



47 sewing up the Opening in 

 Small Quadrup ds. 6 fig. 



48 Skins of Quadrupeds. 2 fig. 



49 Skeleton of a Greyhound. 



50 Superficial "Muscles of the 

 Horse and Dog. etc. 5 fig. 



51 Diagram for ObtalnlngMeas- 

 urementsot Large Quadrupeds 



6*tC GtC 



52-54 "stages of Building the 

 Manikin and mounting a Grey- 

 hound upon the Dermoolastic 

 Method, etc. 6 fig. 



55 Frame-work for Mounting 

 the Elephant. 



56-59 Mounting of the Horse 

 upon the Dermoplastic Method 

 li fig. 



60-66 Forms and Attitudes of 



Mammals, is fig. 

 67 Proboscis Monkey. 

 6S Chimpanzee's Head, Hands, 



and Feet. 4 fig. 



69 sewing up the Opening Cut 

 in Heads with Horns, etc., etc. 

 10 fig. 



70 Designs for Center-boards in 

 Heads, etc. 4 fig. 



71 Finished Mammal Heads in 

 rage, with mouth open. 4 fig. 



72 Mounted Dog Heads. 7 fig. 



73 Buffalo Head. 



74 Head of Big-horn Sheep. 



75 Caribou Head. 



76 Elk Head. 



77 Moose Head. 



78 Steer Heads. 



79-80 Skinning and Mounting 

 Tortoise, snakes and Fishes. 

 10 fig. 



Si Wiring in the Frog. 



82 Wiring in Crustaceans. 4 fig. 



S3 Skeletonizing and Mounting- 

 a Turtle. 3 fig. 



84 Snake and Lizard Attitudes. 

 3 fig. 



85 Quail Group with Painted 

 Background in Convex Glass. 



86 Trout Scene with Painted 

 Background In Convex Glass. 



87 WoundedBlack-backed Gull. 

 SS Short-eared Owl in Gilded 



Crescent. 

 89 Making Casts. 5 fig. 



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