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CENTIPEDES (Myriapoda).

Name......

COLLECTOR.

Address

(To be collected and dried, and pinned on cardboard or cork, or kept in spirit. )

SPIDERS (Arachnida).

Name......

COLLECTOR.

Address...

(To be collected and dried, and pinned on cardboard or cork, or kept in spirit.)

CRAYFISH and WATER-FLIES (Crustacea).

Name......

COLLECTOR.

Address

(To be collected and preserved dry, or in spirit.)

MOLLUSCA.

SNAILS, SLUGS, and FRESH-WATER MUSSELS.

COLLECTOR.

Name......

Address

(To be collected and preserved in spirit; the shells to be kept side by side with the soft animal. The best way of killing mollusca, and removing them from their shells, is to place them a few seconds in boiling water.)

FISH.

COLLECTOR.

Name...

Address

(Fish may be preserved in spirits, or stuffed, or one half of the skin may be dried upon a board, and varnished: skeletons may also be made.)

AMPHIBIA.

FROGS, TOADS, and NEWTS.

Name......

COLLECTOR.

Address.......

(To be preserved in spirit or dried, or the skins may be removed and pinned to wood, dried and varnished. The bones to be preserved, and one class compared with another. The limbs may be dried, and placed side by side. The different stages, from the egg to the adult, to be preserved in spirit.)

SNAKES.

Name........

Address

REPTILIA.

COLLECTOR.

(The skins to be removed, stuffed, and dried, or flattened on a board and dried; skeletons and separate bones to be preserved.)

BIRDS.
COLLECTOR.

Name....

Address

(The birds of a district will afford infinite interest to many workers. Besides the entire bird, which may be stuffed, the following distinct departments may be undertaken. The skins, carefully preserved, may be kept flat in drawers.)

BIRDS' FEATHERS.

COLLECTOR.

Name.

Address

(These may be glued in rows on cardboard or wood, so that the various forms and colours of the feathers on the wing, breast, back, and tail, may be seen.)

BIRDS' EGGS.

Name.........

Address......

COLLECTOR.

(To be blown and preserved in drawers.)

BIRDS NESTS.

Name.......

COLLECTOR.

Address....

(To be collected and arranged in drawers.)

BIRDS' BONES.

Name.....

Address

COLLECTOR.

(Skeletons to be made, also the separate bones, to be obtained by maceration in water, and placed side by side for comparison; thus the wing bones of different birds may be arranged side by side, also the breast bones, &c. &c.)

BIRDS HEADS and FEET.

COLLECTOR.

Name.....

Address

(An interesting series may be made by placing the head and foot of each bird side by side.)

MAMMALIA.

BEASTS.

COLLECTOR.

Name

Address

(In this department, also, an infinite variety of specimens may be made. Thus the smaller animals may be steeped or kept in spirit, or their skins removed and dried, or skeletons made, or their bones, or their teeth, placed side by side. Skeletons may be made by removing all the muscles with scissors and forceps, then placing the animal in water for a few days till the bones are colourless, then allowing the ligaments which bind the bones together gradually to dry, the animal being placed in the position required for preservation. The bones may also be kept separate; thus the skulls may be placed side by side, or the bones of the spine or limbs. Bones are easily prepared by placing the animal in water, and allowing decomposition to separate the soft parts from them. It would be very interesting, for example, to see side by side a series of arm-bones of different animals, as the mouse, shrew, mole, bat, squirrel, rat, rabbit, hare, &c. &c. Small skeletons may be made by first removing as much as possible of the soft parts, and then putting the animal, in its proper position, in a box with holes in it, and placing it close to an ant's nest.)

The foregoing "Notes" having been placed in the hands of PROFESSOR OWEN, he kindly wrote the following letter to the Editor :

DEAR MR. TOYNBEE,

66 'BRITISH MUSEUM,
14th February, 1866.

I have carefully revised the annexed Instructions, and find scarcely any topic to add or suggest to a summary so complete and exhaustive.

British Natural History would make a sure and rapid advance were every Parish stimulated and instructed to observe and collect, as Wimbledon has been by you.

Sincerely yours,

J. TOYNBEE, Esq., F.R.S."

RICHARD OWEN.

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The Preparation and Mounti
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By THOMAS DAVIES.

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CHAP. I-Apparatus. II-To Prepare and Mount Ol in Canada Balsam. IV-Preservative Liquids. V.-Sect with Kemarks on Dissection. VI.-Injection. VII.-M

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