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Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting

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Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting

William Temple Hornaday and others

482 pages~9 hr 36 min read176 chapters$4.99
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A complete handbook for the amateur taxidermist, collector, and museum-builder from one of America's great naturalists. William Hornaday covers collecting and preserving everything from insects to large mammals in the field and the workshop. Thorough, authoritative, and richly detailed. The standard guide for anyone building a natural history collection from scratch.

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176 chapters

  1. 1TAXIDERMY
  2. 2ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING
  3. 3A COMPLETE HANDBOOK FOR THE AMATEUR TAXIDERMIST, COLLECTOR, OSTEOLOGIST, MUSEUM-BUILDER, SPORTSMAN, AND TRAVELLER
  4. 4WILLIAM. T. HORNADAY
  5. 5COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS
  6. 6NEW YORK
  7. 7CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
  8. 81894
  9. 9PREFACE.
  10. 10CONTENTS.
  11. 11Part 1.
  12. 12COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
  13. 13Part 2.
  14. 14TAXIDERMY.
  15. 15Part 3.
  16. 16MAKING CASTS.
  17. 17Part 4.
  18. 18OSTEOLOGY.

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