. First lessons in zoology. Zoology. 338 APPENDIX II strips of wood, closing the groove below. Into this cork is thrust the pin on which the insect is mounted. An- other strip of wood is fastened to the lower sides of the cleats to which the two strips are nailed. This serves as a bottom and protects the points of the pins which project through the piece of cork. The wings are held down, after having been out- spread with the hinder mar- gins of the fore wings about at right angles to the body, by strips of paper pinned down over them. '' Soft specimens '' such as insect larvae, m3Tiapods, and
. First lessons in zoology. Zoology. 338 APPENDIX II strips of wood, closing the groove below. Into this cork is thrust the pin on which the insect is mounted. An- other strip of wood is fastened to the lower sides of the cleats to which the two strips are nailed. This serves as a bottom and protects the points of the pins which project through the piece of cork. The wings are held down, after having been out- spread with the hinder mar- gins of the fore wings about at right angles to the body, by strips of paper pinned down over them. '' Soft specimens '' such as insect larvae, m3Tiapods, and spiders should be preserved in bottles of alcohol (85 per cent). Nests, galls, stems, and leaves partly eaten by insects, and other dry speci- mens can be kept in small pasteboard boxes. For a good and full ac- count of insect-collecting and preserving, with directions for mal^'ing insect-cases, etc., see Comstock's "Insect Life,'' pp. 284-3 H- Birds. — In collecting birds, shooting is chiefly to be relied on. Use dust-shot (the smallest shot made) in small loads. For shooting small birds it is extremely desirable to have an auxiliar}' barrel of much smaller bcirethan the usual shotgun which can be fitted into one of the regular gun-barrels. In such. Fig. 256.—Setting-board with butter- flics properly "; (After Comstock.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937. New York, H. Holt and Company
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