CONTENTS. 
PAGE. 
Officers of the Society 
Honorary and Corresponding Members 
Active Members 
Catalogue of the New York Exhibition ..... 
Judge’s Eeport 
Secretary’s Beport 
Treasurer’s Beport 
Address of Dr. J. B. Holder 
The Scope and Needs of Taxidermy ; Address of President F. A. lAicas. ... 
Taxidermy as a Decorative Art F'rederie 8. Wehsier — 
Common Faults in the Mounting of Quadrupeds Wm. T. Hornaday . ... 
The Value of Animal Illustrations to Taxidermists F. W. Staehner . ... 
The Mounting of Crustaceans Frederic A. lAicas.... 
How to Clean Soiled Bird Skins Frederic 8. Webster . ... 
How to Make a Good Bird Skin 8amuel F. Bathbun — 
On the Mounting of Turtles Frederic A. Lucas.... 
Struggles of an Amateur Taxidermist Prof. J. W. P. Je7iks.... 
Bibliography of Taxidermy Lewis M. McGoi'mich . ... 
The Taxidermic Collection at the United States National Museum 
List of Prizes to be Awarded at the Fourth Annual Exhibition 
List of Points and Values for the Judgment of Sj^ecimens at Exhibitions.... 
Index 
1 
2 
3 
5 
28 
31 
37 
39 
51 
59 
67 
72 
74 
77 
82 
84 
90 
93 
112 
119 
120 
121 
APPENDIX. 
Constitution of the Society 
PLATES. 
African Elephant Mungo Frontispiece. 
Specimens in the Taxidermic Collection of the United States Na- 
tional Museum..., To face 118. 
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