Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting. W. J. Holland
XLVI.
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 |
TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS.
PART I.
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
| FIG. | PAGE |
| 1. The Best Knives for a Collector or Taxidermist, | 15 |
| 2. Squirrel partly Skinned |
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