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Absorbents 18,50 
Acetone, use of, in cleaning 19, 87, 99 
In preserving teeth 181 
Age, abbreviations for. 44, 119 
Determination of, in birds 119 
Agriculture, effect of rodents on ... 3 
Albinos 8 
Alcohol, as preservative 21 
Amphibians 141 
Birds 175 
Denatured 21 
Ethyl 21 
Fishes 160 
Mammals 21 
Methyl 21 
Reptiles 141 
Alcoholometer, use of 21 
Altitudes, importance of recording. . 42 
Alum, use of, as preservative 11 
For birds 11 
For mammals 12 
Alum and arsenic, for poisoning 
skins 12 
Amateur collectors, methods for. . . 5 
Ammonia, uses for 177 
Ammunition, for birds 26 
For mammals 25 
Amphibians, collecting 128 
Eggs 131 
Preserving 138 
Skeletons of 175 
Aniseed, use for bait 31 
Oil of, for scenting baits 38 
Antlered heads 68 
Antlers, in the velvet 70 
Ants, guarding against 28, 30, 34 
Arsenic trioxide, uses of 10 
Arsenical soap, recipe for. 12 
Uses of 56 
Arsenite, sodium, as disinfectant. . . 75 
Auxiliary barrel, for shotguns 26 
Baits, for fur-bearing mammals. ... 38 
For small mammals 39 
Bait-sets 27 
Barrels, auxiliary, for shotguns .... 26 
For packing specimens 140 
For trapping specimens 36 
Bats, collecting. 33, 46 
Control in dwellings 33 
Shooting 33 
Skinning 81 
Bears, skinning and cleaning 77 
Beaver, skinning, for fur 83 
For specimen 78 
Bellows, hand, for dusting skins. . . 99 
Benzine, uses of, cleaning feathers. . 99 
Degreasing bones 180 
Bibliography ( References) 184 
Bichloride, mercury, use on skins. . 75 
Bills, colours, recording 89 
Tying 102 
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Binoculars, need for 26 
Bird-banding, uses of 34 
Birds, age, determining 119 
Calling up 87 
Care after shooting 87 
Cleaning plumage 98, 99 
Downy young, skinning. 116 
Filling skin 99 
Killing wounded specimens 86 
Large-headed. 106 
Long-legged 107 
Measuring in the flesh 88 
Migratory 183 
Mounted 85 
Poisoning skins 97 
Preliminary treatment 89 
Preservation, by freezing. ...... 121 
Preservation, by salting 114 
Shooting 86 
Skeletons, collecting 174 
Skinning methods 89 
Temporary preservation 113, 121 
Thin-skinned 91,99 
Trapping alive 34, 86 
Wrapping in field 88 
Bird skins, Brooks’ method 100 
Degreasing 96,114 
Drying 103, 122 
Ducks, method for 108 
Fat, treatment of Ill 
Forms, for drying 105 
1 jarge-headed 106 
Making up large skins 107 
Relaxing 114 
Remaking old skins 116 
Salted skins 114 
Sea birds, Beck’s method for. ... 113 
Shipping 123 
Treatment of wings 95, 96, 106 
Wrapping 103 
Birds’ eggs, blowing 126 
Collecting 125 
Packing 127 
Preparing 126 
Bleaching bones 176 
Blind-sets 27 
Blood, bones, removing from 180 
Feathers, removing from 18,98 
Hair, removing from 18 
Slides for pathologists 125 
Blood slides, for study of diseases. . 125 
Blowflies, protection against. . . 13, 15, 23, 30 
Body, artificial, for birds 100 
For mammals 60 
Bones, bleaching 176 
Cleaning 177 
Degreasing 180 
Fractured 20, 64 
Hyoid 173, 174 
Macerating 176 
