Practical taxidermy, and home decoration : together with general information for sportsmen (1880)
Batty, Joseph H., d. 1906 · New York : Orange Judd Company · leaf 151
retain sufficient life to strugglewhen being mounted, and pins in the wings generally re-sult in ragged holes. All insects having farinaceous cov-ering on their wings should be mounted before they be-come dry and stiff. Insects are preserved in various positions. They maybe mounted in cases on wax… … GKOUPIKG. 147 CHAPTER XXV. GROUPING. In making up large cases and shades, great care shouldbe observed in the arrangement of specimens. In pre-paring a group of gallinaceous or grallatory birds onrock-work, the largest and most showy bird should beplaced in the foreground in the middle of the case.…
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