Taxidermy Without a Teacher
by Walter Porter Manton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Manton, Walter Porter, 1857-1925
- Title
- Taxidermy without a Teacher Comprising a Complete Manual of Instruction for Preparing and Preserving Birds, Animals and Fishes
- Credits
- Produced by Gemma J. Wright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Taxidermy
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 51439
- Release Date
- March 13, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TAXIDERMY WITHOUT A TEACHER COMPRISING A COMPLETE MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION FOR PREPARING AND PRESERVING BIRDS, ANIMALS AND FISHES WITH A CHAPTER ON HUNTING AND HYGIENE; INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESERVING EGGS AND MAKING SKELETONS AND A NUMBER OF VALUABLE RECEIPTS — CONTENTS. — PREFACE. — FROM THE FIRST EDITION.
- 2.HANDBOOK OF TAXIDERMY. — CHAPTER I. BIRD SKINNING AND MOUNTING. — TOOLS — MATERIALS — POISON — I. — II. — LABELLING. — BLOOD STAINS. — SKINNING. — MAKING A SKIN. — SEX — STUFFING. — WINGS AND TAIL.
- 3.CHAPTER II. PERCHES.
- 4.CHAPTER III. SKINNING AND MOUNTING MAMMALS. — SKINNING. — MOUNTING.
- 5.CHAPTER IV. SKINNING AND MOUNTING FISHES AND REPTILES. — FISHES.—SKINNING. — MOUNTING. — REPTILES.—SKINNING. — MOUNTING.
- 6.CHAPTER V. EGGS AND NESTS. — GUM PASTE.
- 7.CHAPTER VI. SKELETONS.
- 8.CHAPTER VII. HUNTING AND HYGIENE. — THE GUN. — LOADING. — CARRYING. — TRANSPORTING. — COLLECTING SUIT. — EATING. — AT HOME. — POISONING.
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