COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
NOTES ONCOLLECTING AND PRESERVINGNATURAL-HISTORY OBJECTS.
BY
J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S.
E. F. Elwin.
Thos. Southwell, F.Z.S.
Dr. Knaggs.
E. C. Rye, F.Z.S.
J. B. Bridgman.
Professor Ralph Tate, F.G.S.
Jas. Britten, F.L.S.
Professor Buckman, F.G.S.
Dr. Braithwaite, F.L.S.
Worthington G. Smith, F.L.S.
Rev. Jas. Crombie, F.L.S.
W. H. Grattann.
EDITED BY
J. E. TAYLOR, PhD., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c.
NEW EDITION.
LONDON:
W. H. ALLEN & CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE. S.W.
1883.
(All rights reserved.)
The following Essays were originally contributedto the pages of 'Science-Gossip,' by the variouswriters whose names they bear. From the constantqueries relating to subjects of this kind, it wasdeemed advisable to furnish young or intendingnaturalists with such trustworthy information aswould enable them to save time, and gain by theexperience of others. For this purpose, the articleshave been collected in their present portable formas a Handbook for beginners.
May, 1876.
| PAGE | ||
Preface | v | |
CHAPTER I. | ||
| Geological Specimens, by J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S. | 1 | |
CHAPTER II. | ||
| Bones, by E. F. Elwin | 16 | |
CHAPTER III. | ||
| Birds' Eggs, by T. Southwell, F.Z.S. | 27 | |
CHAPTER IV. | ||
| Butterflies and Moths, by Dr. Knaggs | 44 | |
CHAPTER V. | ||
| Beetles, by E. C. Rye, F.Z.S. | 67 | |
CHAPTER VI. | ||
| Hymenoptera, by J. B. Bridgman | 95 | |