462 



TAXIDERMY AND MODELLING 



Salpa pinnata, to fix and preserve, 50 



Salpidae, to preserve, 56 



Scaurgm (Octopus) tetracirrhus, to kill 



and preserve, 37 

 Scissors, 21 



Sea-anemones, to kill and preserve, 32, 

 38, 40, 44, 61 

 -aster, the modelling of, 336 

 -coast plants as accessories in mounting, 



392 

 -cucumbers, to fix and preserve, 46 

 -grapes, to fix and preserve, 50 

 -stars, to fix, 29 

 -urchins, to fix and preserve, 5 1 

 -water, alcoholised, 29 



bichloride of mercury and, 39 

 Seavfeeds as accessories in the mounting 

 of animals, 393 

 the casting and modelling of, 393 

 to preserve, 43 

 Self-heal, the modelling of the, 346 

 Sepia, egg clusters of, to fix and preserve, 



50 

 Sepia, the casting and modelling of, 286 

 Serpula, to fix and kill, 45 

 Sharks, embryos of, to fix and preserve, 



39 



preservative for, 58 

 Shears, 20 



Sheep, wild, the modelling of, 143 

 Shellac composition, 86 

 Shells, etc., as accessories in the mounting 



of animals, 395 

 Shields for the mounting of heads, 416 

 Sipunculidae, to kill, 62 

 Skeletons, preparation of, 160 

 "Skin," a bird's, the making of, 178 



the relaxing of, 207 

 Skin-needle, 22 

 Skins, preservation of, 35, 3^-37 



thick, preservative bath for, 141 

 Skull, deer's, treatment of, 151 

 Snakes, to preserve, 37 

 Snow, to represent, 418 

 Soap, arseniated, Swainson's, 69 



arsenical, 64 



and mercurial, 71 

 Becoeur's, 68 



non-poisonous preservative, 25, 65, 73 

 Sodium chloride, 57 

 Spherozoum, to fix and preserve, 37 

 Spirit, methylated, 27, 30 



to render absolute, 29 



Spirit proof, 28 



rectified, 28 

 Sponges, to fix, 32, 5° 

 Starch paste, 88 

 Stains, potassium bichromate, to remove, 



SS 

 Starfishes, to fix and preserve, 33, 51 

 Stichoptis, to fix and preserve, 46 

 Stoppers, luting for, 86 

 " Stuffer," 21, 22 

 Sulphate of copper, bichloride of mercury 



and, 41 

 Sulphuric ether, 36, 37 

 Sulphurous acid, 55 

 Swainson's arseniated soap, 69 

 Symington's cement, 86 



Tawing solution, 164, 165 

 Taxidermy, origin and progress of, i 

 Teleostean fishes, to fix and preserve, 39 

 Tiger, the skinning and setting-up of, 121 



the casting from, 129 



the modelling of, 132 



the setting-up of, 135 

 Tobacco-smoke, narcotisation by means 



of, 61 

 Tools, 19 



modelling, 23 



used in the modelling of foliage, etc., 

 302 



wood-carving, 23 

 Tortoises, the mounting of, 227 

 TrachymedusK, to fix and preserve, 51 

 Trackypterus, to fix and preserve, 39 

 Trees, the making of, 380, 387 

 Trichophrya salparum as microscopical 



preparation, 39 

 Tubularia, to kill and preserve, 40 

 Tunicata, to preserve, 46 

 Turpentine, 63 

 Turtles, the mounting of, 227 

 Twist drill, 22 



Undercut objects, plaster casts of, 236 



Varnish, 94 



Vertebrates, to kill painlessly, 60 



small, to kill, 60 

 Violet, the modelling of the, 323 



Washes, carbolic, for mammals, birds, 

 etc., 48 



