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PRESERVATIVE TAXIDERMY. 



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< BY ■ E. • B. - WEBSTER. ►■ 

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A manual setting forth in a clear, concise manner the process of 

 "Embalming," so called. Gives recipes for compound and con- 

 tains chapters on making skins and skeletons. Price 50 cts. 



FROM J. A. SINGLET. 



I have looked over your "Preservative Taxidermy" carefully and 

 can otfty say that if those who prefei'-preserving their birds by this 

 method instead of skinning and mouuting will carefully read and 

 follow ybur-method they cannot fail to do creditable work. The 

 main objection to the preservative method is the liability of the 

 birds to shrink while drying but I believe the method you give will 

 obviate this defect. . \; 



FROM OLIVER' DAVIEv'' ; 



In regard to this method I cannot speak, to any degree from prac- 

 tical experience. Have never done a great deal with it myself but 

 I know of some who make a grand success in preserving birds anil 

 the smaller quadrupeds. I have some specimens of birds whieh I 

 prepared ten years ago with the Embalmrng^Process and they ap- 

 pear to be in as good shape as the day they were preserved. 



I have carefully read over your treati.se on the Embalming Meth- 

 od and find it indeed very clear.ly and 'concisely stated. I do not 

 see how any person, even the greenest hand, can fail to do satis- 

 factory work with the clear manner in whieh you have laid it down 

 in your treatise. I congratulate you on the same. 



E. C. GREENWOOD. 



Have read your manual over carefully and although you express 

 many good ideas regarding taxidermy there is a part of your meth- 

 od with which I have never had>a>iiy experience as I always remove 

 entire body and insert a substitute, of hard wound grass. I would 

 suggest that clay is far better than putty for modeling; also paint 

 legs and foils first with arsenical soap, then a second coat of crude 

 carbolic acid preserves the natural color of beak and legs. This I 

 have tried of late with fine result on some Eoseate Spoonbills. 

 Stains are preferable to pains/- Fr9m your humble servant, 



. •' E. C. G. 



R. E.' RACHFORD & SON. 



We haye carefully examined Manual of Taxidermy and heartily 

 endorse it and will cheerfully recommend it to our brethren in the 

 ornithological field. 



A. E. KIBBE. 



A.m pleased to say that it makes the process very plain and dis- 

 tinct. It will speak for itself. 



