Project Gutenberg 2013-07-03 Public domain in the USA. 181 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 Reading ease score: 72.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Taxidermy QL Text Browsing: How To... Browsing: Science - General Category: How To ... 190929 2025-06-17T11:54:14.199352 text/html 189130 2013-07-03T14:56:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 502481 2025-06-17T11:54:18.040319 application/epub+zip 502033 2025-06-17T11:54:14.936388 application/epub+zip 138978 2025-06-17T11:54:14.550333 application/epub+zip 580326 2025-06-17T11:54:20.643350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558683 2025-06-17T11:54:17.664355 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198154 2022-09-19T16:34:23.056775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173320 2023-09-18T15:01:18.425243 text/plain 15466 2025-06-17T11:54:20.788316 application/rdf+xml 24952 2025-06-17T11:54:14.648348 image/jpeg 3789 2025-06-17T11:54:14.597336 image/jpeg 456289 2025-06-17T11:54:14.265349 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog