WILLIAM. T. HORNADAY
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS
PREFACE.
CONTENTS. Part 1. COLLECTING AND PRESERVING. PAGE CHAPTER I.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FULL-PAGE PLATES.
TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. PART I. COLLECTING AND PRESERVING. FIG.
TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING. PART I. COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
CHAPTER I. THE WORKER AND THE WORK TO BE DONE.
CHAPTER II. OUTFITS, AND HINTS ON HUNTING.
CHAPTER III. HOW TO SELECT AND STUDY FRESH SPECIMENS.
CHAPTER IV. TREATMENT OF THE SKINS OF SMALL MAMMALS.
CHAPTER V. COLLECTING AND PRESERVING THE SKINS OF LARGE MAMMALS.
CHAPTER VI. COLLECTING SKINS OF SMALL BIRDS.
CHAPTER VII. COLLECTING SKINS OF LARGE BIRDS.
CHAPTER VIII. COLLECTING REPTILES.
CHAPTER IX. COLLECTING FISHES.
CHAPTER X. COLLECTING MARINE INVERTEBRATES.
CHAPTER XI. COLLECTING BIRDS' EGGS AND NESTS.
PART II. TAXIDERMY.
CHAPTER XII. THE LABORATORY AND ITS APPOINTMENTS.
CHAPTER XIII. PRELIMINARY WORK IN MOUNTING MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XIV. PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL APPLICATION IN MOUNTING THE HIGHER VERTEBRATES.
CHAPTER XV. MOUNTING SMALL MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XVI. MOUNTING LARGE MAMMALS. ORDINARY METHODS.
CHAPTER XVII. MOUNTING LARGE MAMMALS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MANIKINS.
CHAPTER XVIII. FINISHING MOUNTED MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XIX. MOUNTING MAMMAL HEADS AS TROPHIES AND ORNAMENTS.
CHAPTER XX. FACIAL EXPRESSION AND MOUTH MODELING.
CHAPTER XXI. RELAXING DRY SKINS OF BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXII. MOUNTING SMALL BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXIII. MOUNTING LARGE BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXIV. CLEANING THE PLUMAGE OF BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXV. MOUNTING REPTILES.
CHAPTER XXVI. MOUNTING FISHES.
CHAPTER XXVII. MOUNTING LOBSTERS AND CRABS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. ORNAMENTAL TAXIDERMY.
CHAPTER XXIX. GROUPS AND GROUPING.
CHAPTER XXX. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF GROUP-MAKING.
CHAPTER XXXI. GROUPS OF MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XXXII. GROUPS OF BIRDS AND REPTILES.
CHAPTER XXXIII. HINTS ON PAINTING MUSEUM SPECIMENS.
PART III. MAKING CASTS.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV. CASTS OF MAMMALS, FISHES, AND REPTILES.
PART IV. OSTEOLOGY.
CHAPTER XXXVI. COLLECTING SKELETONS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. CLEANING LARGE SKELETONS BY MACERATING.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CLEANING AND MOUNTING SMALL SKELETONS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. MOUNTING A LARGE DISARTICULATED SKELETON.
PART V. THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS. By W.J. HOLLAND, PH.D.
CHAPTER XL. THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS.
CHAPTER XLI. EGGS AND LARVAE: BREEDING AND REARING.
CHAPTER XLII. COLLECTING IMAGOES. Fig. 88. Net Frame. (After
CHAPTER XLIII. PREPARATION, CARE, AND DISPLAY OF INSECTS. Fig.
PART VI. GENERAL INFORMATION. CHAPTER XLIV. INSECT PESTS AND POISONING.
CHAPTER XLV. USEFUL INFORMATION.
CHAPTER XLVI. THE BEST BOOKS OF REFERENCE FOR THE TAXIDERMIST AND COLLECTOR.
INDEX.
Groups of Mammals and Birds,
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By WILLIAM T. HORNADAY,
THE EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECT.
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