The Naturalist's Guide in Collecting and Preserving Objects of Natural History: With a Complete Catalogue of the Birds of Massachusetts (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Plate IV. Illustrates preparing skins. Figs. 1 and 2. Corrugated board, used in drying skins; d, skin on the board, in the proper position. Fig. 3. A skin prepared for scientific use; 3, la bel, on which is marked the number and sex.
Plate V. Dissected song sparrow (melospiza melodia, Baird), illustrating the sexes in the breeding season, as follows Fig. 1. An adult female 9 peculiar yellow glands; 2, ovary; 3, oviduct; 4, lungs. Fig. 2. An adult male (i); l, lungs; 2, peculiar yellow glands; 3, 3, testicles.
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