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necks and heads ; such as the cock, the guinea 

 fowl, the turkey, and others. We must colour 

 them as we have before said with respect to the 

 vulture. It would certainly be more advantageous 

 to replace these parts with coloured wax, but this 

 kind of work requires a hand well skilled in 

 modelling. 



The Ostrich. 



The ostrich inhabits the hottest countries of 

 Africa, and even attains the height of ten feet. 

 Very strong wires are required to sustain this 

 animal upright ; their diameter will not allow them 

 to twist very easily. We must, therefore, have a 

 different frame-work, than for those of a less size. 

 We are now going to offer one which requires by 

 far the least trouble on the part of the operator. 



We. take a bar of wood eighteen inches long, 

 and from three to four inches in circumference ; 

 pierce a hole eight inches from one of the ends, 

 then form a groove or cavity from the hole, as far 

 as the extremity of the shortest end of the wood, 

 above and below ; on the other end we pierce two 

 holes, the one four inches from the end, the ether 

 six inches. We enter the wire which is to sustain 

 the head of the ostrich into the hole which is by 

 itself. This wire must pass through to the other 

 side, projecting eight inches, which is the length 



