Instructions for Collectors, Issue 3

70 per cent abdominal cavity afterwards be diluted alcohol enough water animals Batrachians and Fishes bones BRITISH MUSEUM NATURAL Cæcilians Canary Islands carapace Chloroform closely fitting wooden Clupeide COLLECTING OUTFIT collector is advised collector should endeavour collector should provide coloured corrosive sublimate Crocodiles and Alligators CROMWELL ROAD cubic centimetres deep-sea fishes disinfectant earthenware Europe alive excise permit Formalin Frogs hot climates Indian ink industrial methylated spirit injury Instructions for Collectors label large River-turtles larvæ linen lizard MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY NOTES ON COLLECTING number of cubic obtaining spirit open sea opportunity of observing particularly valuable specimens pelagic fishes placed in spirit plastron preservation of particularly preserved in spirit pure spirit putrefaction Pythons and Boas REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS skeleton snakes soft species spirit while travelling stage of preservation strong alcohol strong spirit strongest alcohol procurable surface taken toads Tortoise or Turtle Trionyx Tunnies vessel viviparous weaker spirit zinc boxes