Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting / A Complete Handbook for the Amateur Taxidermist, Collector, Osteologist, Museum-Builder, Sportsman, and Traveller
And
For eight years Chief Taxidermist of the U.S. National Museum; for seven years Zoological Collector and Taxidermist for Ward's Natural Science Establishment; late Superintendent of the National Zoological Park; author of Two Years in the Jungle, etc.
With Chapters On
By W.J. HOLLAND, Ph.D., D.D.
Chancellor Western University of Pennsylvania; President of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburg, and the Iron City Microscopical Society; Life Member of the Ent. Soc. of France; Fellow of the Ent. Soc. of London, etc.
Illustrated by CHARLES BRADFORD HUDSON
And Other Artists
24 plates and 85 Text Illustrations
FOURTH EDITION
Copyright, 1891 by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK
To G. BROWN GOODE, LL D. WHOSE LIBERAL POLICY HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMERICAN TAXIDERMY THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED AS AN EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION OF HIS VALUABLE PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE ORGANIZATION, DIRECTION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM AND ALSO OF SINCERE PERSONAL REGARD
William T. Hornaday
W. J. Holland
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TAXIDERMY
ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING
WILLIAM. T. HORNADAY
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS.
TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING.
PART II.—TAXIDERMY.
PART III.—MAKING CASTS.
PART IV.—OSTEOLOGY.
PART V.—THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS.
Zoological Material.
··Use Good Glass Eyes··
DEMUTH BROTHERS,
89 Walker Street, New York.
Manufacturers of FINE GLASS EYES of every description,
MUSEUM HARDWARE.
Groups of Mammals, Birds and Reptiles,
Artificial Leaves, Plants and Vines,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS,
135 Wooster Street, New York.
Anatomical and Specimen Jars
MOUNTED HEADS,
OF
ROCHESTER, N.Y.
WRITE FOR CIRCULAR.
Taxidermists: Naturalists:
Frank Blake Webster Company,
MUSEUM AND SUPPLY DEPOT,
HYDE PARK, MASS.
Two Years in the Jungle.
THE EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECT.
Transcriber's Notes