PLATE LXXIX. 



SKINNING AND MOUNTING TURTJ.ES AND SNAKES. 



Figs. 1, 2, Hawkbill tunle; Fig. 1, a, a, h, h, sliowiug where tlie plastrou 

 should be separated in order to skiu a turtle ; the cut should be begun at the rear 

 edge of the plastron and continued to the letters a, a, where the plastron should 

 remain attached to the front edge of the skiu. The plastron may be lifted like the 

 lid of a chest and the turtle skinned. The dotted square in Fig. 1 is another method 

 of skiuuing a turtle, by cutting a section out of the plastron, through which the 

 animal is skinned. Fig. 3, A, B, showing the extra supporting wires in a snake 

 uhich are attached to the main or center wire for the support of the snake. These 

 are brought out at a point where it is desired to anchor the serpent fast to a pedestal 

 or base. The dotted lines in Fig. 4 show where the opening incision should be made 

 in order to skiu a snake. Fig. 5, shows a single extra wire which is attached to the 

 center wire, when only one coil is to be made in a snake. 



