Chapter I: Front Matter

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CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. BIRD SKINNING AND MOUNTING 13

II. PERCHES 34

III. SKINNING AND MOUNTING MAMMALS 37

IV. SKINNING AND MOUNTING FISHES AND REPTILES 41

V. EGGS AND NESTS 46

VI. SKELETONS 49

VII. HUNTING AND HYGIENE 51

A--Primary Quills.
B--Secondary Quills.
C--Spurious Wing.
D--Wing Coverts.
E--Tertiary Quills.
F--Throat.
G--Jugulum.
H--Beak--Upper and Lower Mandible.
I--Culmen of Upper Mandible.
J--Cere.
K--Commissure.
L--Frons, or Forehead.
M--Occipital Feathers.
N--Scapular Feathers.
O--Back.
P--Upper Tail Coverts.
Q--Rump.
R--Shows position of Under Tail Coverts.
S--Abdomen.
T--Tarsus.
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