CONTENTS. 
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PART I. 
CHAPTER I. 
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING BIRDS, 
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Il. How rorreprank SPECIMENS. -aiveanaanahad: sceaetciese ETO. 
WL. Mrasurinc, SKINNING, AND PRESERVING Binvs . 
MEASURING . i ‘ a ‘ . Fi . 
SKINNING . . zs c y o 7 . 
DETERMINING THE Sex . ‘ . . . 
CoxTENts oF STOMACH, ETC. ‘ . c i 
EXCEPTioNs TO THE UstuxL METHOD OF SKINNING 
TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS. é a . . 
IV. MountixGc Specimens. ; ¥ e . . 
Moun : FrEsH Birps i . “ . . 
MoentinG prikp SKINS. z o o 
MouatinG Birps wort THE Wes EXTENDED . 
CHAPTER II. 
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING MAMMALS, 
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I. Co.Lecrine . Fi 5 a 5 5 a . 
II, MeastrinG MAMMALS. . é fi . 
SKINNING . . $ fs : . . . 
Mrtiop or PREPARING a Rook FoR MEAsuRING MAMMALS 
TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS. 2 a ‘ z 
I. Mountixe MamMAts “ a ‘ a . 5 
CHAPTER ITI. 
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS FOR TILE CABINET, 
BEETLES, OR COLEOPTERA . , ‘ ‘ : P ‘ 
Bucs, 0k HEMIPTERA. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘i : 
GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS, ETC., OR ORTHOPTERA . . 
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