A collected and revised re-issue of the various separate "Instructions for collecting," &c., prepared by the several Departments

"The various chapters have been written by different members of the staff of the Natural history museum."--Pref

Includes bibliographic references and Index

Hints on removing and preparing the skins of mammals -- Instructions for the preservation of birds -- How to determine the sex of a bird -- Instructions for collecting reptiles, batrachians, and fishes -- Instructions for collecting insects -- How to collect Diptera (two-winged flies) -- How to collect mosquitoes -- Instructions for collecting spiders, centipedes (Arachnida, Myriopoda), and -- Methods of collecting and preserving various soft-bodied invertebrate animals -- Hints for collecting and preserving shells of molluscs -- Directions for collecting and preserving plants -- Suggestions as to collecting and preserving fossils -- On collecting microscopic and other organisms in rocks -- Notes on collecting minerals

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