Chapter IV. 
SH OUTEEY. 
The implements’ required for skinning, 
stuffing, and mounting birds are comparatively few 
and inexpensive, it being possible to skin a bird 
with merely a penknife and a pair of scissors, and 
with the additional help of a pair of pliers to stuff 
and mount it. The beginner, however, will do well 
to provide himself with the following articles. A 
strong surgical scalpel, and a penknife containing 
two good blades; two pairs of scissors, one pair fine 
pointed, and the other suitable for cutting bone (a 
strong pair of nail scissors will answer the pur- 
pose, except in the case of large bones which must 
be cut with pliers); two pairs of pliers (flat and 
round-nosed respectively); a brain scoop; a stuffing 
iron (a wire meat skewer with the pointed end flat- 
tened out chisel-wise makes a serviceable tool); a 
pair of wire nippers, and one or two awls of different 
sizes. 
Other requisites are a preservative compound; 
an assortment of glass eyes; some Plaster of Paris 
for use during the skinning operation; a quantity of 
various thicknesses of galvanized iron wire; a sup- 
ply of tow, cotton wool, and long fine wooden 
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