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SOO. 01’ AM. TAXIDERMISTS, ANNUAL REPORT. 
1884. Waed, E. The Sportsman Hand-book to Practical Collecting, Preserv- 
ing, and Artistic setting up -of Specimens, by Eowland Ward. <Tlie 
American Meld. Vol. xxi, pp. 329-30, 353-55, 376-77; continued. 
A reprint of Mr. Ward's work, as a serial article. 
1884. Hoenaday, W. T. Brief directions for Eembving and Preserving the 
Skins of Mammals, by Wm. T. Hornaday. <Appendix No. 22, Peo- 
CEEDiNGS U. S. Nat. Museum, for 1883. Four method illustrations. 
The report is not yet published, but a few copies of this Appendix have been dis- 
tributed. 
1884. Anon. Ichthy-Taxidermy. < The American Angler, vol. 5, pp. 71. 
Copied from The Chronicle, Ealeigh, N. C. 
Note.— A .star (*) marks those titles supplied by the kindness of Dr. Coues. These have been 
verified in most cases, but I have been obliged to mark a few “ not seen.” A dagger (f) marks 
those taken from a list in Bibliotheca Zoologica by W. Engelmann, and have not been seen by me. 
A double dagger (f) shows those taken from “Thesaurus Ornithologise,” by Dr. C. D. Giebel. 
These, too, I have not had the pleasure of examining. 
THE TAXIDERMIC COLLECTION. 
In April, 1882 , the Society received the following letter : 
Mr. William T. Hornaday, 
Secretary Society American Taxidermists : 
Dear Sir : I am desirous of having formed for the National 
Museum a collection of objects illustrating the present condition 
and possibilities of the art of taxidermy. Such a collection will 
be useful in several ways. It will serve a useful purpose in con- 
nection with the other educational features of the Museum ; it 
would call attention to the availabilities of taxiderniy in various 
branches of the decorative arts, and it will stimulate competition 
among taxidermists, and thus encourage a higher degree of ex- 
cellence in workmanship. I should be very glad to have this 
collection made up by the Society of American Taxidermists, 
which by its efforts has already done much to develop the art 
under its patronage. 
If your Society should decide to prepare and deposit such a 
collection in the National Museum, I can promise that full credit 
shall be given to its members. As chief taxidermist of tlie Mu- 
seum you will act as curator of this collection. I shall be glad 
to see it completed, so far as it may be practical, before the end 
of the present year. 
Yours, respectfully, 
(S’gM) ' SPENCEK E. BAIRD, 
Director. 
