TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIG.	PAGE
1. The Best Knives for a Collector or Taxidermist,	[15]
2. Squirrel partly Skinned	[27]
3. Skinning a Squirrel's Head,	[28]
4. A Model Mammal Skin,	[34]
5. Another Form of Mammal Skin,	[35]
6. Opening Cuts on a Large Mammal,	[40]
7. Opening Cuts at Back of Prong-horn Antelope's Head,	[41]
8. A Well-made Dry Deer-Skin,	[43]
9. Foot of an Orang-Utan,	[44]
10. Names of the External Parts of a Bird,	[47]
11. First Steps in Skinning a Bird,	[50]
12. Bird Skin, Wrong Side Out,	[51]
13. The Bird Skin in Position,	[53]
14. The Skin Half Wrapped,	[54]
15. Spreading the Tail,	[55]
16. The Skin fully Wrapped,	[55]
17. A Perfect Bird Skin,	[56]
18. How to Shape a Heron Skin,	[60]
19. How to Open a Turtle,	[69]
20. Agassiz Tank, for Alcoholics,	[73]
21. Bird Nest, in situ,	[92]
22. Wire Standard for Nests,	[93]
23. Nest on Wire Standard, with Labels,	[94]

FIG.	PAGE
24. Skin Scrapers, about One-fourth Actual Size,	[103]
25. Leg Making and Wiring,	[117]
26 Wiring Together,	[119]
26a. The Legs Wired Together,	[121]
27. The Finished Specimen,	[124]
28. Author's Method of Mounting Bats on Glass,	[128]
29. Artificial Skeleton for Hand of an Orang-Utan,	[131]
30. Fillers of Various Kinds,	[133]
31. An Iron Square,	[136]
32. Leg Irons of an American Bison,	[144]
33. Skinning a Deer's Ear,	[161]
34. The Ear Half-Skinned,	[161]
35. Skinning Down the Inside,	[162]
36. The Cartilage Out,	[162]
37. Internal Mechanism of a Deer's Head,	[164]
38. Complete Manikin for a Deer's Head,	[165]
39. Modeling Tools of Wood,	[173]
40. Modeling Tools of Wood,	[173]
41. Modeling Tools of Wood,	[173]
42. Steel Modeling Tool,	[174]
43. Steel Modeling Tool,	[174]
44. Steel Modeling Tool,	[174]
45. Side View of Tiger's Tongue,	[175]
46. End View of Tiger's Tongue,	[175]
47. Top View of Tiger's Tongue,	[175]
48. Wiring a Bird's Leg,	[184]
49. Cross-Section of Artificial Body,	[185]
50. The Finished Body and Neck,	[185]
51. How the Leg Wires are Inserted and Clinched,	[186]
52. The Winding of the Bird,	[189]
53. Cast of the Neck and Windpipe of a Heron,	[195]
54. Method of Mounting Alcoholic Reptiles,	[203]
55. Medallion of Yellow Pike,	[213]
56. Cross Section,	[213]
57. Wall Case of Birds,	[223]
58. Wood Duck,	[232]

FIG.	PAGE
59. Beginning to Make a Piece Mould,	[260]
60. Second Step in Making a Piece Mould,	[261]
61. Last Step in Making a Piece Mould,	[262]
62. The Finished Mould,	[262]
63. The Beginning of a Waste Mould,	[263]
64. Second Step in Making a Waste Mould,	[264]
65. Chiseling Off the Waste Mould,	[265]

FIG.	PAGE
66. Rough Skeleton of a Small Animal,	[274]
67. Rough Skeleton of a Bird,	[277]
68. Steel Bone-Scrapers,	[286]
69. Skeleton of a Bat, as Exhibited,	[291]
70. Skeleton of a Bird, Mounted and Drying,	[292]
71. Wiring a Skeleton Wing,	[293]
72. Skeleton of a Turtle,	[294]
73. The Sacrum and Spinal Rod,	[298]
74. Attachment of Ribs to a Vertebra,	[298]
75. Middle Joint of the Hind Leg: Side View,	[300]
76. Middle Joint of Hind Leg: Rear View,	[301]
77. Bones of the Foot: Side View,	[301]
78. Bones of the Foot: Rear View,	[301]
79. The Knee-Joint,	[302]
80. Front View of Knee-Joint,	[302]
81. Front View of Elbow-Joint,	[302]

FIG.	PAGE
82. Apparatus for Inflating Larvæ,	[314]
83. Drying Oven,	[315]
84. Drying Oven for Larva Skin (After Riley),	[315]
85. Wire Bent into Shape for Mounting Larva (After Riley),	[316]
86. Breeding Cage (After Riley),	[317]
87. Breeding Cage,	[318]
88. Net-frame (After Riley),	[320]
89. Net-head, for Removable Frame (After Riley),	[321]
90. Folding Net (After Riley),	[321]
91. Collecting Jar,	[322]
92. Perforated Paper Disc for Jar,	[322]
93. Method of Pinching a Butterfly,	[325]
94. Manner of Folding Paper Envelope,	[328]
95. Butterfly in Envelope,	[328]
96. Double Mount,	[330]
97. Frame for Mounting Beetles,	[330]
98. Setting-board,	[331]
99. Setting-board (After Riley),	[331]
100. Setting-block,	[331]
101. Setting-block, with Butterfly,	[331]
102. Setting-Needle,	[332]
103. Box for Receiving Setting-boards,	[333]
104. Shingling Specimens,	[334]