CONTENTS.

  1. BIRD SKINNING AND MOUNTING [13]
  2. PERCHES [34]
  3. SKINNING AND MOUNTING MAMMALS [37]
  4. SKINNING AND MOUNTING FISHES AND REPTILES [41]
  5. EGGS AND NESTS [46]
  6. SKELETONS [49]
  7. HUNTING AND HYGIENE [51]

Fig. 1. [[Click here for negative image]]

A—Primary Quills.
B—Secondary Quills.
C—Spurious Wing.
D—Wing Coverts.
E—Tertiary Quills.
F—Throat.
G—Jugulum.
H—Beak—Upper and Lower Mandible.
I—Culmen of Upper Mandible.
J—Cere.
K—Commissure.
L—Frons, or Forehead.
M—Occipital Feathers.
N—Scapular Feathers.
O—Back.
P—Upper Tail Coverts.
Q—Rump.
R—Shows position of Under Tail Coverts.
S—Abdomen.
T—Tarsus.

PREFACE.

The success of this little book during the past six years necessitates a second edition. As a manual it is not intended to compete with the larger handbooks on the subject; but the attempt has been made to furnish the beginner with reliable instruction for the least money possible. The present edition has been thoroughly revised, and many additions made.

As was said in the first edition: "I have employed the method given for a number of years, and with great success, and guarantee success to the learner who fully carries out the directions embodied herein. I ask the reader to take himself, in imagination, to my work-shop, and to proceed as if I were at his elbow, guiding his hand, and explaining to him the mysteries of this beautiful art. It is only continuous, untiring labor that accomplishes anything of real merit in this life; and the most successful ornithologists will be found to be the hardest workers.