ZOOLOGY. 133 



of the ocean, represented as inhabiting the recesses of a 

 forest : inattention to these particulars is unpardonable, 

 and though some of our modern " improvers upon nature," 

 certainly stuff birds well, these incongruities completely de- 

 stroy the effect of what may perhaps be otherwise well 

 executed. 



We would earnestly recommend every person wishing t© 

 become an adept in the art of Bird-Stufling, to see it per- 

 formed by some experienced and ingenious Artist, It being 

 no easy task to instruct any one, without some practical il- 

 lustration ; the general outline is the same as mentioned 

 under the head Quadrupeds ; one principal wire should 

 pass from the point of the rump, through the body, and out 

 at the crown of the head ; lateral wires should be passed 

 through the wings and legs, and attached to the main one; 

 common tow will be found to answer as well as any thing for 

 stufHng, it should be wrapped round the wire beginning at 

 the neck, gradually enlarged so as to fill out the body, and the 

 antisceptic powder should be from time to time introduced 

 with the tow ; when the skin is filled out to its natural size, 

 it should be carefully sewed up, and the feathers smoothed 

 over the seam. The eyes are to be inserted in the same 

 manner as in Quadrupeds : the mouth should be filled with, 

 cotton or tow, and as much of the powder as can be con- 

 tained, and to prevent the bill from gaping, a piece of fine 

 wire may be passed through both mandibles, and the points 

 neatly turned, the upper point may be bent down into one 

 ©f the nostrils, ajid the lower one into the base of the bill. 



K 3 



