[From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum for i88i, vol. 4. Appendix.] 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
* No. 12. 
CI.AS.S I Fl CATION OF THE COEEECTKEV TO lEEUSTRATE THE 
ART OF TAXIDERMY. (58, B. 1.*) 
BX WILLIAM T. HOBNABAY. 
Tools, Materials, and- Accessories. 
A. Tools used by taxidermists. 
(1) For skinning animals. 
(2) For cleaning skins. 
(3) For carving wooden skulls, bones, &c. 
(4:) For drilling and boring. 
(6) In building manikins. 
(6) For inserting fibrous filling-materials. 
(7) In setting eyes and modelling generally. 
B. Materials used. 
(1) Preservatives and protectives for skins. 
(2) Iron supports. 
(3) Fibrous filling-materials. 
(4) Plastic filling-materials. 
(5) Materials for repairing and restoring. 
(6) Specimens of repairing work. 
(7) Coloring-materials and appliances. 
(8) Materials for removing grease, dirt, and blood from 
feathers and hair. 
* Division VIII. Intellectual Occujiations of Mankind. 
Class 58. The Graphic, Plastic, and Decorative Arts. 
Section B. Taxidermy, and animal modelling. 
Subsection 1. Taxidermy. 
