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PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY. 



By this sdieine, we have " local " birds at bottom (very 

 well arranged), " Britisb. " next (not so well arranged), and 

 "foreign" at top (not well arranged at all), and tbese arbitrary 

 and totally unnatural divisions were supposed to *' drive borne 

 tlie trutbs of natural bistory into tbe minds of casual visitors," 

 to be " applicable to all tbe departments of a museum, so tbat, 

 if it were adopted, a uniform plan migbt be carried tbrougb 

 tbe collections from end to end, giving a systematic complete- 



Cubical 



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"BRITISH." 



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 front. 



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 to front. 



X 2ft. 6in. back 

 to front. 



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Fig. 58.— Peojected Aeeangement op a Biological Collection bt "Scheme A.* 



ness wbicb is rarely found in museums at tbe present time. It 

 utilises tbe breaks and blank spaces in every series." 



Never was tbere a more impracticable tbeory broacbed. Tbe 

 wbole arrangement was based on an utter disregard of tbe 

 requirements of science, leaving out art altogetber, and, worse 

 still, upon an utter ignorance of first principles of zoology. 

 May I ask if anyone can define a " local " bird from a " Britisb" 

 bird, or a " Britisb " bird from a " foreign" bird ? Lastly, every 

 one should know that every bird found in Leicestershire is a 



