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SPORTSMAN'S HAND BOOK. 



the case where the bird is to have the wings spread. When 

 the secondaries are detached it is impossible to give them 



the even and regular spread that they have in nature. 

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The muscles and tendons can be removed by making a 

 cut on the under side of the wing, from the elbow to the wrist ; 

 this ciU can afterwards be neatly sewed up and the feathers 

 will fall smoothly to their place and cover the seam. As 

 soon as the wings have been severed, the skin, which by 

 this time will have been turned inside out, will easily slip 

 along the neck as far as the head. To skin the latter is the 

 most difficult part of the job, and must be carefully done or 

 the skin will tear. 



The head should be skinned close down to the base of the 

 beak, especially in front of the eyes. The eyes are to be 

 picked out, and the triangular portion of the skull, together 



Skin Brady for Re-turning. 



