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External, collecting 123 
Health, effects on 123 
Internal collecting 123 
On mammals 4 
Parasitologists, interest in wildlife 
studies 4 
Pathological specimens 125 
Pathologists, on diseases of wild 
animals 4, 125 
Pelting, for the fur trade 83 
Pencils, coloured 89 
Permits, collecting 183 
Peroxide, hydrogen, for bleaching 
bones 176 
Pika, skinning, difficulties 45 
Trapping, methods of 39 
Pins, kinds needed 19 
Pipe-cleaners, use in making bird 
skins 104 
Pitfalls 37 
Plaster of Paris, for casting, for 
cleaning plumage 99 
Plasticine, for modelling, for setting 
teeth 182 
Plumage, of birds, cleaning 98 
Seasonal variations 85 
Poison, hide 74 
Uses of, for killing 37 
for preserving specimens 10 
Porcupine, skinning 79 
Preservatives, dry 12 
Liquid 21 
Non-poisonous 12 
Poisonous 10 
Prime skins 83 
PterylsB, of birds 99 
Pyrethrum, insect powder, use on 
traps 30 
Quills, wings of birds 88 
Of porcupine 79 
Razor blades, use for dissecting. ... 9 
Rabbits, skinning 79 
References, bibliographical 148 
Relaxing dry skins 114 
Refrigerating specimens 121 
Skeletons 140 
Rifles, use in collecting 25 
Rigor mortis, in birds 90 
In mammals 44 
Runways, of small mammals 28 
Salamanders, collecting 130 
Salt, absorption of water 73 
Birds, salted skins 114 
Brine, pickling 74 
Dry-salting of hides 15, 69, 73 
Hair, effect on colours. . , 11, 74 
Hides, curing 73 
Saltpetre, use of, curing skins 13, 15 
Sand, use in degreasing skins 112 
Sawdust, hardwood, as absorbent. . 13 
Use of, for degreasing skins 112 
Scales, balance, for weighing 46 
Milk scales 46 
Scalpels 9 
Scents, use of, baits 38 
Seals, skinning 78 
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Seasonal differences, in birds 7 
In mammals 7 
Sex, determination of, in birds 117 
Importance of recording 43 
In mammals 42 
Symbols for 44 
Shellac, uses, on wads 26 
Waterproofing traps 30 
Wire, rustproofing 20 
Short cuts, in skinning 5, 48 
Shot, sizes used, for birds 26 
For mammals 25 
Shotguns, use in collecting 25 
Shrews, mouth, sewing up 57 
Tails, skinning 55 
Sign, of mammals 29 
Skeletons, collecting, amphibians,.. 175 
Birds, collecting 174 
Cleaning 176 
Disarticulated 171 
Fishes, collecting 175 
Ligamentarv 171 
Mammals, collecting 171 
Packing for shipment 175 
Skin scrapers 9 
Skinning, birds 89 
Ears, of large mammals 70 
Fish 163 
Mammals, large 67 
small 48 
Snakes 142 
Skinning knives 9 
Skins, birds, cleaning 99 
degreasing 96, 115 
making up 99, 108 
relaxing.. 114 
salting 114 
study 85 
Mammals, cased 48 
cleaning 16, 51, 55 
flat ... . 73, 83 
fur trade 83 
large, cleaning 74 
drying 83 
packing 84 
open 83 
pinning 64 
removing from animal 48, 54 
small, cleaning 51 
drying 62 
filling 58 
packing 122 
pinning 62 
poisoning 56 
study 54 
Skulls, birds, opening cuts 94 
removing brains. .... 95 
Mammals, cleaning: 
Holden’s method 177 
Rowley’s method 177 
desirability of saving by 
trappers 84 
preparation in field 64 
removing brains 64 
Skunks, deodorizing 81 
Killing 82 
