PLATE XVII. 



OWLS' EVES. TEXDOyS IN LEGS. BREAST-CVT METHOD. 



Fig. 1, repR'seiiis an owl's hciul witli eyes iutact. If you take the eye-cup out 

 to clean it iuside aud out (Fig. 2) be sure and place it back iu the skull (Fig. 3), for 

 it preserves the expressiou of the face. Most taxidermists uever remove the eye- 

 cups from the skull, l)ut simply leave them rrmain in place and dean the contents 

 out (see foot-note, page 70). 



Figs. 4 and 5, illustrate a maimer of taking out the tendons in the legs of 

 large birds, by making an incision in the hall of the foot aud i)ulling the tendons out 

 with a hooked wire. Some take liold of the tendons with flat-nosed pliers and draw 

 them out. 



Fig. (), shows the skin of a robin ready for mounting, prepared by the breast- 

 cut method ; Fig. 7, first incision in the breast-cut procedure; Fig. 8, skin loosened, 

 neck and wings ready to l)e severed in the breast-cut proces.s (see Another Method 

 of Mountiny Birds, page 82). 



