MOUNTING BIRDS WITH SPREAD WINGS. 



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Mounting Birds 



Witlx Spread Wings. 



IN eagle swooping down upon its trembling prey, or stoop- 

 ing from a height upon a mountain rock, a group of warblers 

 flying and darting at their midnight enemy — the owl — an eagle, 

 hawk or owl, suspended with its prey in its talons, all go to make 

 up a variety of attitudes and break the monotony in a large collec- 

 tion of mounted specimens. 



A white dove or pigeon, suspended on an invisible wire, makes 

 one of the most beautiful and desirable of ornaments. It is, how- 

 ever, more difficult to mount a bird with the wings spread than to 

 mount one in a quiet position. As there are no positive rules of 

 detail for these touches of the art, it will depend largely upon the 

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