Chapter VII: Part I: Collecting and Preserving

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1. THE BEST KNIVES FOR A COLLECTOR OR TAXIDERMIST, 15

2. SQUIRREL PARTLY SKINNED 27

3. SKINNING A SQUIRREL'S HEAD, 28

4. A MODEL MAMMAL SKIN, 34

5. ANOTHER FORM OF MAMMAL SKIN, 35

6. OPENING CUTS ON A LARGE MAMMAL, 40

7. OPENING CUTS AT BACK OF PRONG-HORN ANTELOPE'S HEAD, 41

8. A WELL-MADE DRY DEER-SKIN, 43

9. FOOT OF AN ORANG-UTAN, 44

10. NAMES OF THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF A BIRD, 47

11. FIRST STEPS IN SKINNING A BIRD, 50

12. BIRD SKIN, WRONG SIDE OUT, 51

13. THE BIRD SKIN IN POSITION, 53

14. THE SKIN HALF WRAPPED, 54

15. SPREADING THE TAIL, 55

16. THE SKIN FULLY WRAPPED, 55

17. A PERFECT BIRD SKIN, 56

18. HOW TO SHAPE A HERON SKIN, 60

19. HOW TO OPEN A TURTLE, 69

20. AGASSIZ TANK, FOR ALCOHOLICS, 73

21. BIRD NEST, _in situ_, 92

22. WIRE STANDARD FOR NESTS, 93

23. NEST ON WIRE STANDARD, WITH LABELS, 94