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WIRING AND POISONING THE TARSUS. 



The tarsus of the leg should he poisoned as well as any portiou of the liird's 

 skin, and it is done as here illustrated. .Saturate the wire with arsenical paste (see 

 recipe, page lo) above the heel and at the hall of tiic foot. Draw the Mire up and 

 down several times until the ])oison has penetrated the tarsus. Now draw the wire 

 hack l)elow the heel and then continue it up along the tibia and form the leg as 

 seen -in Plate XIII. 



