Project Gutenberg 2013-07-03 Public domain in the USA. 95 Warford, Aaron A. How to stuff birds and animals : $b A valuable book giving instruction in collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving birds, animals, and insects Skinning, preparing, and mounting the mammalia, or quadrupeds -- Skinning, preserving, and mounting birds -- The art of mounting birds, dried skins, feathers, etc. -- Collecting and preserving birds’ eggs and nests -- Skinning, preserving, and setting up reptiles, fishes and molluscous animals, etc. -- Preserving spiders, gally-worms, and insects -- Receipts, for various articles used in the preservation and setting up of animals Produced by Demian Katz, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "How to Stuff Birds and Animals" by Frank Tousey is an instructional manual written in the early 20th century. This comprehensive guide focuses on the art and science of taxidermy, offering detailed methods for collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving various birds, mammals, and other animals, as well as guidance on the proper care to maintain the integrity and appearance of the specimens. The opening of the book begins with essential techniques for skinning and preparing mammals, specifically focusing on a fox as an example. Detailed steps are provided for skinning, preserving the skull and limbs, and ensuring the proper measurements are taken prior to the stuffing process. The chapter emphasizes the importance of cleanliness and the precise use of tools to avoid damaging the skin, highlighting techniques for stuffing and mounting that ensure the animals retain a natural appearance. Their care during preservation is also emphasized, ensuring the fur and feathers remain clean, and that the finished specimens are well presented. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43090/43090-h/images/i001.jpg en Taxidermy QL Text Browsing: How To... Browsing: Science - General 190785 190793 2024-09-18T06:46:04.820573 2023-09-18T15:01:18.780257 text/html text/html 189130 2013-07-03T14:56:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 453212 2013-07-03T14:56:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 502652 2024-09-18T06:46:08.515518 application/epub+zip 502473 2024-09-18T06:46:05.458537 application/epub+zip 139255 2024-09-18T06:46:05.113558 application/epub+zip 580608 2024-09-18T06:46:11.023535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558697 2024-09-18T06:46:08.182695 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198154 2022-09-19T16:34:23.056775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173535 173320 2024-09-18T06:46:04.412676 2023-09-18T15:01:18.425243 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 173261 2013-07-03T14:56:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 61364 2013-07-03T14:56:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 173269 2013-07-03T14:56:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 61341 2013-07-03T14:56:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20187 2024-09-18T06:46:11.163501 application/rdf+xml 24952 2024-09-18T06:46:05.206549 image/jpeg 3789 2024-09-18T06:46:05.158543 image/jpeg 456502 2024-09-18T06:46:04.874535 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog