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PRACTICAL HELPS IN NATURAL HISTORY
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
INSECTS
HOW TO CATCH AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE CABINET
Illustrated Price 50 Cents
FIELD BOTANY
A HANDBOOK FOR THE COLLECTOR
Illustrated Price 50 Cents
Taxidermy Without a Teacher
COMPRISING
A complete Manual of Instruction for Preparing and Preserving
BIRDS, ANIMALS AND FISHES
Illustrated Price 50 Cents
Lee and Shepard Publishers Boston
TAXIDERMY WITHOUT A TEACHER
COMPRISING
A COMPLETE MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION
FOR PREPARING AND PRESERVING
BIRDS, ANIMALS AND FISHES
WITH
A CHAPTER ON HUNTING AND HYGIENE; INSTRUCTIONS
FOR PRESERVING EGGS AND MAKING SKELETONS
AND A NUMBER OF VALUABLE RECEIPTS
BY
WALTER P. MANTON
Illustrated
SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM
Copyright, 1882,
By Lee and Shepard.
All Rights Reserved.
TO
PROFESSOR J. W. P. JENKS, A.M.,
OF BROWN UNIVERSITY,
This Second Edition
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
- BIRD SKINNING AND MOUNTING13
- PERCHES34
- SKINNING AND MOUNTING MAMMALS37
- SKINNING AND MOUNTING FISHES AND REPTILES41
- EGGS AND NESTS46
- SKELETONS49
- HUNTING AND HYGIENE51
Fig. 1. [Click here for negative image]
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