1 8 BIRD-PRESER VING. 



dissolving the best black sealing-wax in spirits of wine, 

 and should be kept corked ; when this is good it acts 

 as paint and varnish at the same time, and dries as 

 fast as it is put on. One or two brass rings screwed 

 on at the top of the back of the case will finish the 

 bird, and if the case be nicely and closely made, there 

 is no limit of time to which the preservation of the 

 specimen may not extend. 



