182 THE naturalist's guide. 



Care should be taken to find this opening in the 

 carpus, for if it be passed between the phalanges it 

 will separate them and the quills. 



In raising the wings, this method of wiring will be 

 found of great advantage ; the secondaries, etc., should, 

 however, be kept in place by supplementary wires, un- 

 til dry, as before described. In large birds, supply the 

 place of the wing muscles with clay. 



I do not now recommend opening. Ducks, or any 

 other birds, under the wings; but if any grease re- 

 mains on the skin, coat it with soapstone dust, and it 

 will never give trouble. 



