xvi CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEH II. 



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Arrival at Antigua — Dominica — Frogs and Humming-birds — Martinico 

 — Diamond rock — Barbadoes — Quashi and Venus — The Alien Bill- 

 Sail for Demerara — More about the Sloth — Scarlet Grosbeak — 

 Crab-eating Owl — Sun-heron — Feet of the Tinamou — Vampires 

 again — The Karabimiti Hunaming-bird — The Monkey tribe — The 

 Bed Howler — Roast monkey — The Nondescript — Altered physi- 

 ognomy — Gold and silver mines — Changes of Government — Politics 

 — India-rubber — An ingenious deception 310- -334 



ON PEESEEVIXG BIRDS FOE CABINETS OF NATUEAI. 

 HISTOEY. 



Faults .n bird-stuifiag— Tools required — Knowledge of anatomy- - 

 Attitudes of birds — Flow of the plumage — How to skin a bird — 

 Inserting cotton — Killing wounded birds — StufBng a hawk — The 

 first incision — The skin to be pushed, not pulled — Arrangement of 

 wings — Modelling the body — Spreading the tail — Constant attention 

 required — Strength and elasticity — Value of corrosive sublimate — ■ 

 Experience and patience 335 — 350 



EXPLANATORY INDEX . 351—494 



TAXIDERMY 495—510 



INDEX 511-520 



