Chapter VII. 
CASING. 
An uncased bird soon deteriorates, and is 
always liable to the attacks of insects, therefore the 
sooner it is cased the better. The case adopted is 
largely a matter of choice, provided that it is dust- 
proof. Those most commonly used are the old- 
fashioned round and oval shades with wooden 
mounts; the box case with glass front; the glass- 
ended case, with glass ends and front, and wooden 
top back and bottom, and the all-glass case, with 
four glass sides and glass top, bound together with 
strips of black linen and mounted on a _ wooden 
stand. The two last are recommended for prefer- 
ence, the glass-ended case being perhaps the more 
popular of the two, as it enables the worker to aim 
at making the show side of the specimen perfect, 
rather than both sides moderate, and it also admits 
of a suitable background being painted in. 
As regards the artificial rockwork, this is best 
made on a false bottom and afterwards fastened in 
the case by screws driven in from underneath. Many 
people make the rockwork of brown paper, moulded 
over a bedding of shavings or paper. Better results, 
however, are to be got out of cardboard boxes. 
These should be cut down as desired, rammed with 
paper, and tacked down bottom upwards. When 
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