Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting

Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting

A Complete Handbook for the Amateur Taxidermist, Collector, Osteologist, Museum-Builder, Sportsman, and TravellerBy William T. Hornaday, W. J. Holland
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GenreScience and Nature, Other
Length11 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

11894
56GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF GROUP-MAKING.
2PREFACE.
57GROUPS OF MAMMALS.
3Part 1.
58GROUPS OF BIRDS AND REPTILES.
4Part 2.
59HINTS ON PAINTING MUSEUM SPECIMENS.
5Part 3.
60PART III.—MAKING CASTS.
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6Part 4.
61PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL APPLICATION IN MAKING MOULDS AND CASTS.
7Part 5.
62CASTS OF MAMMALS, FISHES, AND REPTILES.
8Part 6.
63PART IV.—OSTEOLOGY.
9GENERAL INFORMATION.
64COLLECTING SKELETONS.
10LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
65CLEANING LARGE SKELETONS BY MACERATING.
11FULL-PAGE PLATES.
66CLEANING AND MOUNTING SMALL SKELETONS.
12PART I.
67MOUNTING A LARGE DISARTICULATED SKELETON.
13COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
68PART V.—THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS.
14PART II.
69THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS.
15TAXIDERMY.
70ARTHROPODA.
16PART III.
71EGGS AND LARVÆ: BREEDING AND REARING.
17MAKING CASTS.
72COLLECTING IMAGOES.
18PART IV.
73PREPARATION, CARE, AND DISPLAY OF INSECTS.
19OSTEOLOGY.
74PART VI.—GENERAL INFORMATION.
20PART V.
75INSECT PESTS AND POISONING.
21THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS.
76USEFUL INFORMATION.
22PART I.—COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
77THE BEST BOOKS OF REFERENCE FOR THE TAXIDERMIST AND COLLECTOR.
23THE WORKER AND THE WORK TO BE DONE.
78GEORGE H. SOWDON.FREDERIC S. WEBSTER.
24OUTFITS, AND HINTS ON HUNTING.
79EXPERTS IN THE PREPARATION OF
25HOW TO SELECT AND STUDY FRESH SPECIMENS.
80In Mounting Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes,
26TREATMENT OF THE SKINS OF SMALL MAMMALS.
81THAT ARE TRUE TO NATURE IN SHAPE, COLOR, AND SIZE.
27COLLECTING AND PRESERVING THE SKINS OF LARGE MAMMALS.
8289 Walker Street, New York.
28COLLECTING SKINS OF SMALL BIRDS.
83IN
29COLLECTING SKINS OF LARGE BIRDS.
84Groups of Mammals, Birds and Reptiles,
30COLLECTING REPTILES.
85OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
31COLLECTING FISHES.
86135 Wooster Street, New York.
32COLLECTING MARINE INVERTEBRATES.
87C. DORFLINGER & SONS,
33COLLECTING BIRDS' EGGS AND NESTS.
88NEW YORK OFFICE: 36 MURRAY STREET.
34PART II.—TAXIDERMY.
89Anatomical and Specimen Jars
35THE LABORATORY AND ITS APPOINTMENTS.
90SKINS OF
36PRELIMINARY WORK IN MOUNTING MAMMALS.
91MAMMALS, BIRDS,
37PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL APPLICATION IN MOUNTING
92REPTILES, Etc.
38THE HIGHER VERTEBRATES.
93DEER, ELK, MOOSE, CARIBOU, BUFFALO, ELEPHANT,
39MOUNTING SMALL MAMMALS.
94AFRICAN ANTELOPE, Etc.
40MOUNTING LARGE MAMMALS.—ORDINARY METHODS.
95WARD'S
41MOUNTING LARGE MAMMALS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF
96ROCHESTER, N.Y.
42MANIKINS.
97WRITE FOR CIRCULAR.
43FINISHING MOUNTED MAMMALS.
98BIRDS' EGGS, BIRDS' SKINS,
44MOUNTING MAMMAL HEADS AS TROPHIES AND ORNAMENTS.
99AND
45FACIAL EXPRESSION AND MOUTH MODELING.
100Ornithologist, Oologist, Entomologist,
46RELAXING DRY SKINS OF BIRDS.
101Botanist and Taxidermist,
47MOUNTING SMALL BIRDS.
102ALSO PUBLISHERS OF THE
48MOUNTING LARGE BIRDS.
103ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST.
49CLEANING THE PLUMAGE OF BIRDS.
104MUSEUM AND SUPPLY DEPOT,
50MOUNTING REPTILES.
105HYDE PARK, MASS.
51MOUNTING FISHES.
106FOREST AND STREAM
52MOUNTING LOBSTERS AND CRABS.
107ROD AND GUN.
53ORNAMENTAL TAXIDERMY.
108Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo.
54EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI.
109FOOTNOTES:
55GROUPS AND GROUPING.

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