CHAPTER IV. 



On Birds. 



MANY species of Birds, of surpassing beauty, 

 have been brought by travellers from foreign 

 countries, and have been domesticated here; 

 and the skins of others, (whose tender nature 

 unfits them for our colder climate), have been 

 brought home and preserved. Thus, to a great 

 extent, we possess the fine varieties of the fea- 

 thered creation, belonging to tropical climates. 



The process to be observed in taking the skin 

 from birds, is not at all difficult ; but it would 

 greatly facilitate the acquiring dexterity in the 

 art, to see the operation once or twice perform- 

 ed by a skilful practitioner. 



