This vintage book contains a complete guide to taxidermy, with information on skinning, stuffing, mounting, and preserving a variety of mammals and birds. Written in simple, pain language and profusely illustrated, this timeless handbook is ideal for the novice and would make for a valuable addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Collecting," "Trapping, etc.," "Shooting," "Procuring Birds," "Care of Specimens," "Skinning Birds," "Ordinary Method," "Exceptions to the usual Method of Skinning," "Ascertaining the Sex of Birds," "Preserving Skins," "Other Methods of...