The British bird book

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents
• two complete books - Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit, and Taxidermy

CONTENTS
Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit
   Introductory 
I.  History of the Art 
II.  Outfit—Tools and Materials 
III.  Preservative Preparations, Formula, etc. 
IV.  Panels, Shields and Natural and Artificial Mounts 
V.  Field Work, Collecting 
VI.  Skinning and Preserving Skins 
VII.  Making Scientific Skins 
VIII.  Preparing Dry and Wet Skins for Mounting 
IX.  Mounting Small and Medium Birds 
X.  Mounting Large Birds 
XI.  Tanning, Cleaning, and Poisoning Skins 
XII.  Making Animal Fur Rugs 
XIII.  Fur Robes and How to Make Them 
XIV.  Mounting Entire Small Animals 
XV.  Mounting Large Animals 
XVI.  Mounting Heads of Small Animals, Birds and Fish 
XVII.  Mounting Heads of Large Game 
XVIII.  Mounting Horns and Antlers 
XIX.  Mounting Feet and Hoofs 
XX.  Mounting Fish 
XXI.  Mounting Fish—Baumgartel Method 
XXII.  Mounting Reptiles, Frogs and Toads 
XXIII.  Skulls and Skeletons 
XXIV.  Sportsmen's Trophies 
XXV.  Odds and Ends, Taxidermy Novelties 
XXVI.  Groups and Grouping 
XXVII.  Animal Anatomy 
XXVIII.  Casting and Modelling 
XXIX.  Market Trophy Hunting 
XXX.  Collecting and Mounting for Sale 
XXXI.  Prices for Work

Taxidermy
I.  Tools and Materials 
II.  Preparing and Mounting a Bird 
III.  Skinning, Preparing, and Mounting a Small Mammal 
IV.  Preparing and Mounting Game Fishes and Small Reptiles 
V.  Preparing and Mounting a Virginia Deer Head 
VI.  Preparing and Mounting a Coyote

Insect myths are numerous and widespread in mythology, but have received little attention. This is the first book dedicated specifically to showing the important roles insects have played in mythology. This is a comprehensive and readable survey of insect myths from around the world. The book ranges from older, better-known insect myths such as sacred scarabs to new unpublished subjects such as insects as examples of parallel mythology.

Numerous black and white figures are found in the book including new figures not previously seen in entomological literature. How insects are related to larger themes of mythology such as symbols and parallel mythology is discussed. Insects in Old World mythology (Egypt, China, etc.) and New World mythology (Native American, Mayan, etc.) are featured.

• Identifying the key species of fish found within and off the coasts of the British Isles
• Selecting the right rods, reels, line, and tackle
• Mastering casting techniques
• Tying knots like a seasoned angler
• Hooking and landing fish with ease

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index

CONTENTS
The Subject in General, 
The Solitary Groups, 
The Solitary Bees, 
The Cuckoo Bees, 
The Fossors, or Diggers, 
The Solitary Wasps, 
The Social Groups, 
The Ants, 
The Social Wasps, 
The Humble Bees, 
The Bees With Bifid Tongues, 
The Bees with Pointed Tongues, 
Leaf-Cutting Bees, 
Osmia and Its Habits, 
A Colony of Anthophora, 
Bees and Pollen-Collecting, 
On Bees' Tongues, and how They suck Honey, 
A Dreadful Parasite, 
{viii} Amongst the Bees at Work, 
Ants, their Guests, and their Lodgers, 
How can an "Aculeate" be Recognized?, 
Males and Females, 
The Vagaries of Colour and Structure in the Sexes, 
The Distribution, Rarity, or Abundance of Various Species,
On Bees' Wings, 
On Breeding Aculeates, etc., 
On Colour, 
The Development of Insects from the Egg, 
On Structure, 
Index