CHAPTER IV. 



On Birds. 



MANY species of Birds, of surpassing beauty, 

 have been brought by travellers from foreign 

 countries, and have been domesticated here ; 

 and the skins of others, (whose tender nature 

 unfits them for our colder climate), have been 

 brought home and preserved. Thus, to a great 

 extent, we possess the fine varieties of the fea- 

 thered creation belonging to tropical climates. 



THE process to be observed in taking the 

 skin from birds, is not at all difficult; but it 

 would greatly facilitate the acquiring* dexterity 

 in the art, to see the operation once or twice 

 performed by a skilful practitioner. 



