GENERAL INFORMATION.

[CHAPTER XLIV.]
Insect Pests, and Poisoning,339-345
[CHAPTER XLV.]
Useful Information,346-350
[CHAPTER XLVI.]
The Best Books of Reference,351-355
[INDEX]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FULL-PAGE PLATES.

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I.Head of Royal Bengal Tiger. [(Frontispiece.)]PAGE
II.Two Pages from an Old Field Note-book (Double Plate),[22]
III.Measurements of a Large Mammal,[38]
IV.How to Cut Open and Mount a Fish,[76]
V.Paring Down a Large Mammal Skin,[104]
VI.Interior Mechanism of a Half-mounted Wolf,[132]
VII.Manikin for Bengal Tiger: First Stage,[142]
VIII.Manikin for Bengal Tiger: Completed,[148]
IX.Manikin for Male American Bison: Half Finished,[152]
X.Manikin for American Bison: Completed,[156]
XI.Head of Prong-horn Antelope,[168]
XII.Workshop of a Bird Taxidermist,[182]
XIII.Mounted Bird, with Interior Structure Exposed,[192]
XIV.Mounting an Alligator: Last Stage,[206]
XV.American Lobster,[217]
XVI.Specimens of Ornamental Taxidermy (Double Plate),[222]
XVII.A Fight in the Tree-tops,[231]
XVIII.Group of Coyotes,[235]
XIX.Group of American Bison (Double Plate),[246]
XX.A Ligamentary Skeleton, Mounted and Drying,[288]
XXI.Skeleton of an American Bison,[298]
{ Fig. 1.—Beating the Bush,[320]
XXII.{ Fig. 2.—A Successful Stroke,[320]
{ Fig. 1.—Bottling a Skipper,[326]
XXIII.{ Fig. 2.—Japanese Porter with Collecting Boxes,[326]


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