Introduction -- Instruments and Materials -- Preliminary Care of Specimens -- Killing Wounded Birds -- Labeling and Cataloguing -- Preparation for Skinning -- Skinning the Bird -- Determination of Sex -- Determination of Age -- Cleaning and Degreasing -- Poisoning the Specimen -- Making a Study Skin -- Wrapping and Drying Birdskins -- Preparing Large Birdskins -- Developing Speed and Efficiency -- Packing Birdskins for Shipment -- Preserving Specimens for Anatomical Studies -- Instructions for Shipping The Fieldiana Technique series was published by the Field Museum of Natural History as Museum Technique Series (no. 1-3, 1925-1930) and Technique Series (no. 4-6, 1936-1940), prior to being published as Fieldiana: Technique (no. 7-8, 1949-1953) by the Chicago Natural History Museum